{"id":2200542,"date":"2023-03-28T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2200542"},"modified":"2023-04-05T16:07:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T07:07:49","slug":"opposition-lawmakers-call-for-justice-minister-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/03\/opposition-lawmakers-call-for-justice-minister-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition lawmakers call for justice minister to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opposition party lawmakers have been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yna.co.kr\/view\/AKR20230327121900022?section=search\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">calling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon to resign since the Constitutional Court upheld a pair of controversial reform laws on Thursday that the previous administration passed. The Moon Jae-in administration and the Democratic Party (DP) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/view.php?ud=20220503000632\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">passed amendments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the Criminal Procedure Act and the Prosecutors\u2019 Office Act to reduce prosecutors&#8217; authority to investigate crimes. The types of crimes they could investigate were reduced from six to two \u2014 corruption and economic crimes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Han and a group of prosecutors <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/2022\/06\/28\/national\/politics\/Korea-prosecution-Constitutional-Court\/20220628175044097.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">filed a joint petition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the Constitutional Court in June, asking that the court void the laws. They claimed the laws violated the prosecutors\u2019 right to investigate and prosecute. Two PPP lawmakers filed a separate complaint with the court over the legislative procedure by which the bills were passed. The court dismissed Han\u2019s petition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Han, a former prosecutor himself, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/english.khan.co.kr\/khan_art_view.html?artid=202208171708427&amp;code=940100\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a revision of a presidential decree in August to expand prosecutors\u2019 investigative powers. Opposition lawmakers have since demanded Han\u2019s resignation or impeachment for trying to block the prosecution reforms laws. Han told the parliamentary judiciary committee that he would stand by the enforcement decree to recover prosecutors\u2019 investigative rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Han has expressed disagreement with the Constitutional Court\u2019s ruling. He took issue with the justices upholding the law even though they agreed that there were irregularities with its passage. The PPP <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.yna.co.kr\/view\/AEN20220420007600315\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accused<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the DP of deliberately having one of its lawmakers leave the party and declare himself an independent lawmaker to help the DP to pass the laws. Han said it was difficult to agree with the court\u2019s decision to uphold the laws even though it agreed that there were legal violations involved in the passage of the laws. Han will likely use that as justification to continue to expand prosecutors\u2019 investigative powers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also likely that opposition lawmakers have been demanding Han\u2019s resignation because they <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.hani.co.kr\/arti\/english_edition\/e_national\/1039142.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">see him<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a possible threat and contender in the next presidential election. A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polinews.co.kr\/news\/articleView.html?idxno=604185\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gallup Korea poll<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from earlier this month found that among the likely conservative candidates who will run for president in 2027, Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon had the highest favorability rate (30%).<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/domestic-politics\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Domestic Politics<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opposition party lawmakers have been calling for Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon to resign since the Constitutional Court upheld a pair of controversial reform laws on Thursday that the previous administration passed. 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