Park Beom-gye "No Final Decision Yet on Prosecutor Personnel Final Plan"

Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye / Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] Park Beom-gye, Minister of Justice, said regarding the timing of the announcement of senior prosecutor personnel appointments, "Nothing has been decided yet."

Minister Park, upon arriving at the Ministry of Justice Government Gwacheon Complex on the morning of the 4th, told reporters, "The final plan has not come out, and the procedures and details related to personnel have not been finalized yet, so it is difficult to speculate."

The day before, starting from 4 p.m., Minister Park consulted for about two hours with Prosecutor General Kim Oh-soo at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-dong, Seoul, regarding prosecutor personnel appointments and the organizational reform plan, and then had dinner together, continuing discussions for about two and a half hours.

Regarding this, Minister Park explained, "Listening to opinions cannot be a mere formality, and I thought about four and a half hours was sufficient. The Prosecutor General had a lot to say, so it turned out that way," adding that coordination work will proceed at the working level without additional meetings.

When asked whether the differences between the two were narrowed during the dinner meeting, Minister Park replied, "It is a procedure for listening to opinions, not a procedure for narrowing differences." The consultation with Prosecutor General Kim is only a procedure for hearing opinions, interpreted as not being based on reaching an agreement.

Regarding the possibility of promotion of Lee Sung-yoon, Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, to High Prosecutor, and whether Prosecutor Han Dong-hoon refuses to return, he avoided answering, saying, "I cannot comment on personnel matters."

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