Ministry of Public Prosecutions, Promotes Appointment of New Prosecutors... Appointment announcement next week
2024-06-13
The first personnel committee after Director Oh Dong-woon took office.
Discussing ways to fill the manpower gap
It seems that the chief prosecutor and rank-and-file prosecutor will be filled at the same time.
The appointment notice will be posted on the 19th.
Oh Dong-woon, the new director of the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Office (Corruption Investigation Office), held his first personnel committee meeting since taking office on the 13th and discussed the overall operation of the organization, including the appointment of new prosecutors.
The Corruption Investigation Office announced that it reported the status of work progress and future prosecutor appointment plans to the Personnel Committee for about an hour starting at 10:30 a.m. on this day and then collected opinions from members.
The Personnel Committee is an organization that deliberates and decides on overall personnel matters, excluding the Director and Deputy Director of the Corruption Investigation Office. A total of seven people are expected to participate, including the director and deputy director, two members recommended by the ruling party, two members recommended by the opposition party, and one member recommended by the head of the Corruption Investigation Office. However, due to the deputy director's vacancy, this personnel committee meeting was held with six people participating, rather than the seven stipulated by the Corruption Investigation Agency Act.
On this day, the Personnel Committee was attended by Attorney General Oh, as well as Lee Seon-bong, an attorney at the Yoon & Yang law firm recommended by the ruling party, Jeon Kang-jin, an attorney at the Jipyong Law Firm, Jwa Se-jun, an attorney at the Hanmac Law Firm, and Lee Chang-min, an attorney at the Changdeok Law Firm, who were recommended by the opposition party, and Lee Jun-hee, an attorney at the Daeryun Law Firm, who were recommended by the Minister.
It is said that members who attended the Personnel Committee particularly sympathized with the urgency of recruiting new prosecutors for the Corruption Investigation Office.
As of this month, there are 19 prosecutors in office at the Corruption Investigation Office, which does not meet the quota of 25 prosecutors, including the director and deputy director.
At the end of last month, the resignation submitted by former 1st Investigation Department Director Kim Seon-gyu, who had been acting as Deputy Director, was accepted, and Chief Prosecutor Kim Myeong-seok, Director of Human Rights Investigation Policy, also expressed his resignation.
If Chief Prosecutor Kim's resignation is processed, the number of prosecutors working at the Corruption Investigation Office will be reduced to 18. Two of the six positions of chief prosecutor will be vacant.
A lawyer who attended the personnel committee meeting that day told Newsis, "There are about six vacancies for prosecutors in the Corruption Investigation Office, and I heard an explanation as to what procedures will be used to fill them," and added, "It is highly likely that chief prosecutors and rank-and-file prosecutors will be filled at the same time."
It is reported that the Corruption Investigation Agency will post an appointment notice on the 19th. Thereafter, a second personnel committee meeting is planned to be held in August to discuss reappointment as a prosecutor.
Director Oh said, "We want to make the Corruption Investigation Office a strong and stable organization," and added, "We hope that the personnel committee will meet the public's expectations and aspirations and produce practical results based on the spirit of agreement, which is the purpose of forming the personnel committee under the Corruption Investigation Agency Act."
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