Prosecutor General-Level Personnel Changes to Be Implemented by the End of This Month..."Fair Appointments That Meet Public Expectations"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The Ministry of Justice has decided to carry out personnel appointments for positions at the level of chief prosecutors and below middle management sequentially by the end of this month.

On the 21st, the Ministry of Justice held a Prosecutor Personnel Committee meeting to discuss the standards, principles, and targets for the first regular personnel appointments under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, and deliberated on these matters.

Regarding positions at the level of senior prosecutors and above (high prosecutors and chief prosecutors), which attracted the most attention, it was decided in principle to make new appointments and transfers to fill vacancies caused by resignations and other reasons. The appointments will be fair and meet public expectations by comprehensively considering expertise and leadership based on ability and commitment to fairness.

Personnel appointments at the level of senior prosecutors (deputy chief prosecutors and department chief prosecutors) will also sequentially fill vacancies and reflect the prosecutorial organizational restructuring approved at the Cabinet meeting on the same day to make appropriate placements. Deputy chief prosecutors will be newly appointed up to the 32nd Judicial Research and Training Institute class, department chief prosecutors up to the 36th class, and deputy department chief prosecutors up to the 37th class.

General prosecutor appointments will target prosecutors who have fulfilled the mandatory assignment period, but if they wish to remain, this will be reflected as much as possible to minimize the scale of personnel changes. The principles and standards of personnel appointments, such as the principle of exchange between Seoul and local offices, will be strictly observed, and the difficulties of general prosecutors will be actively considered through long-term service systems for childbirth and childcare purposes.

In particular, considering criticisms that prosecutors specialized in special investigations are excessively favored, the policy to preferentially treat prosecutors in the criminal and trial departments who have worked diligently was reaffirmed. Personnel appointments will be announced separately for positions at the level of chief prosecutors and above, as per existing practice.

The personnel appointments will be announced around the end of this month, with prosecutors at the level of chief prosecutors and above expected to assume their posts within this month, and the rest to assume their posts by early next month.

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