Problems of the abolition act of prosecutor's Right for Investigation and prosecution reform for the People

Abstract

The “Partial Amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act” and the “Partial Amendment to the Prosecutor’s Office Act”, which were proposed in the name of all members of the majority party on April 15, 2022, were revised twice for 12 days, but they did not go through the actual deliberation process. It could be called a legislative riot, because the amentment bills passed the National Assembly 18 days later without any substantive deliveration oder material discussion. The amended laws were promulgated on May 9, 2022, and will come into effect on September 10, four months after the promulgation. Although the amendments to the alternatives to the first amendment bills were significantly reduced in content, the content contained in the first two partially amended bills was still not politically abolished. And the author thought, it should be recorded what laws were enacted in the National Assembly on the 3rd of the month. Therefore, this article examines the problems seen in the two revised bills submitted by the majority party, and discusses the contents and problems of the revised laws finally promulgated through twists and turns. After reviewing, the author described his belief in which is a more fundamental method of prosecutorial reform, and what is a desirable method of prosecutorial reform for the people.