[Breaking News] Constitutional Court Partially Accepts Power Dispute Filed by People Power Party Against Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chair Regarding 'Prosecutorial Reform'

On the afternoon of the 23rd, the Constitutional Court in Jaedong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, ahead of the ruling on the case requesting a constitutional review related to the "Complete Removal of Prosecution's Investigation Rights (Geomsu Wanbak)" law.
[Photo by Choi Seok-jin]

On the 23rd, regarding the case of the constitutional complaint filed by the People Power Party lawmakers concerning the 'Complete Stripping of Prosecutorial Investigation Rights (Geomsu Wanbak)' law, which was led by the Democratic Party of Korea last year, the Constitutional Court ruled 5 to 4 in favor of the petitioners. The Court recognized that the respondent, the Chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, infringed on the petitioners' rights as members of the National Assembly to deliberate and vote on bills by declaring the partial amendment bills to the Prosecutors' Office Act and the Criminal Procedure Act as committee bills at the 4th plenary meeting of the 385th National Assembly temporary session on April 27, 2022, and thus accepted the petition.

However, the Constitutional Court dismissed the remaining petitions.

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