Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol. yunhap news
– Writers with a propensity to support the current government issued statements demanding the voluntary resignation of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol.
On the 17th, 654 writers, including Do-Hyun Ahn, Yong-taek Kim, and Min-gyu Park, released’the author’s statement calling for the dissolution of the power of the prosecutors’. They said in a statement, “It is an illusion to ask the prosecution for reform. The prosecution said that reflection and introspection are the first.” In this regard, President Yoon argued that he should voluntarily resign.
They said, “Among the reform tasks, the No. 1 target for redemption settlement was forced to become the prosecution. He stressed that the reform of the prosecution is the starting point of the establishment of democracy. “I urge the dissolution of the omnipresent power of the prosecution.”
He also said, “Only by gradually pursuing the civil prosecution system, we can monitor the corruption and human rights abuses of the prosecutors.” “The establishment of the citizen’s committee should be institutionalized as a judicial surveillance organization, and the prosecutors of the local prosecutors’ offices should be elected directly by citizens.” Insisted.
Reporter Eunbin Kim [email protected]
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