Democratic Party Adopts 'Abolition of Prosecutorial Supplementary Investigation Authority' as Stance…Justice Minister Jeong Seong-ho Offers Resignation

It was learned on the 17th that Justice Minister Jeong Seong-ho, who had opposed the move, offered his resignation amid the Democratic Party's decision to adopt the abolition of the 'supplementary investigation authority'—the prosecution's power to supplement police investigations—as its official party line.

Minister Jeong has shown a clear divergence in stance from his party up to this point.

He had publicly articulated the necessity of retaining some aspects of the supplementary investigation authority, asking, "If prosecutors do not intervene in investigations at all, is there an alternative to protect victims?" and stressing, "It is important to ensure there are no victims among the wrongfully accused 1%."