Overview
- Democratic Party leader Jung Chung-rae said the majority party will bring the prosecution reform bills to a National Assembly plenary vote on Thursday.
- The revised package, coordinated by the party, government and Cheong Wa Dae, removes clauses that would have let prosecutors direct investigations or special judicial police.
- President Lee reaffirmed support for the split of powers and directed deletion of provisions enabling interference, while rejecting renaming the prosecutor general and mass reappointments.
- The compromise keeps the title of prosecutor general for the new indictment agency and clarifies prosecutors will be managed under the State Public Officials Act.
- The bills finalize the framework for two new agencies launching in October under last September’s reorganization law, with the thorny issue of supplementary investigation powers slated for separate Criminal Procedure Act talks.