Daegyeom After Yoon Seok-yeol's Departure, Third Transition to Cho Nam-gwan Acting Chief System
Deputy Prosecutor General Jo Nam-gwan is attending the Prosecutor Personnel Committee meeting held on the 22nd at the Ministry of Justice in the Government Complex Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, to review mid-level executive promotions and transfers. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] On the 4th, President Moon Jae-in accepted the resignation of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office announced that Deputy Prosecutor General Cho Nam-gwan will perform the role of Prosecutor General.
According to the legal community, with President Moon accepting the resignation, only the administrative procedure of formal acceptance remains. Prosecutor General Yoon is known to take leave until the related procedures are completed. Accordingly, from the 5th, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office will effectively switch to a 'Prosecutor General Acting' system led by Deputy Prosecutor General Cho. Article 13 of the Prosecutors' Office Act stipulates that when the Prosecutor General is unable to perform duties due to unavoidable reasons, the Deputy Prosecutor General shall act on their behalf. Going forward, Deputy Prosecutor General Cho will replace the Prosecutor General in presiding over work reports. The responsibility for directing important cases such as the Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant economic feasibility evaluation suspicion case and the Ulsan mayoral election interference case has also become Deputy Prosecutor General Cho's duty.
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This is the third time Deputy Prosecutor General Cho has served as acting Prosecutor General. The acting system was temporarily activated during former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae's suspension of Prosecutor General Yoon's duties last year and during Yoon's two-month suspension disciplinary action. Within the prosecution, Deputy Prosecutor General Cho is evaluated as having excellent ability to mediate and resolve conflicts rather than fueling factional disputes. On the 22nd of last month, ahead of the mid-level prosecutor personnel reshuffle, he publicly expressed concerns about the Ministry of Justice's 'pinpoint personnel changes' and stated that the personnel plan should reflect the opinions of Prosecutor General Yoon's side.
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