Lawyer from People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy Proposes Pressure on Lawmakers to Block 'Complete Prosecution Reform'

Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon] On the 21st, as the Democratic Party of Korea decided to hold a coordination committee meeting to review the 'Geomsu Wanbak' (complete removal of prosecution's investigative authority) bill, a lawyer from the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy urged the Korean Bar Association to take collective action.

Yang Hongseok, a lawyer who served as the head of the Public Interest Law Center at the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, posted on his social media (SNS) that "If the coordination committee is forced today, the full meeting of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee and the plenary session will soon be held, so I think it is time to take action," suggesting that lawyers should engage in collective action.

Lawyer Yang said, "It would be good to prepare a collective statement involving lawyers," and requested the Bar Association to "consider gathering lawyers' opinions for about one to two days, issuing a statement, and delivering it to the National Assembly."

He added, "It would be good if we could individually pressure lawmakers to choose rejection before the plenary vote," and said, "It would be great to create an online filibuster page to collect and deliver opinions."

He proposed demands for resignation of hardline lawmakers supporting Geomsu Wanbak, protests, collective interviews, and attending the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee and plenary sessions as observers.

Earlier, the Bar Association publicly expressed opposition to the passage of the Geomsu Wanbak bill and the executive branch visited the National Assembly to express concerns.

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