Overview
- Democratic Party lawmakers resumed committee review in mid‑July as party leaders push to adopt removal of prosecutors' power to conduct supplementary investigations and instead limit them to requesting police follow-up.
- The Legislation and Judiciary Committee's subcommittee continues work under Democratic control while People Power Party members boycotted meetings, leaving the opposition to prepare bills that would preserve the power.
- Internal dissent has grown inside the ruling party, with senior figures calling for total abolition but other lawmakers introducing exception bills to keep prosecutorial checks for cases like voice phishing, sexual violence, stalking, and abuse of older or disabled victims.
- The presidential National Integration Committee and some party members warned that wholesale elimination could pose constitutional problems and leave victims without needed investigative remedies, prompting calls for more deliberation before the Aug. 17 leadership vote.
- If passed, the change would take on new urgency because the prosecution is due to be rebranded as an Indictment Agency/Public Prosecution Service in October, a shift likely to trigger further legislative fights and public pressure over victim safeguards.