National Assembly Passes Prosecution Reform Bill; Will It Be Used to Attack Political Rivals?

The Korean left now has a new agency to protect their allies from Korean prosecutors and to go after their political enemies with:

The National Assembly passed a bill Monday to create a new agency to investigate senior officials, a top item on President Moon Jae-in’s criminal justice reform agenda. 

The bill, drafted by a Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker and revised by a Justice Party lawmaker, was passed by 159 votes. Of the 176 lawmakers who participated in the vote, 14 opposed it and three abstained.  (…….)

The new agency is the first organization allowed to take over some of the prosecution’s indictment powers. It will investigate crimes allegedly committed by top officials in the administration and judiciary ranging from the president to judges and prosecutors. Lawmakers were excluded from its scope. 

Creating a new investigation agency for senior officials was the top legislative priority for Moon. Ever since taking office in May 2017, Moon, his aides and the DP have tirelessly pushed the initiative – along with other attempts to weaken the prosecution’s powers.  

The idea of a new agency investigating senior officials was first introduced in 2002 during the administration of former President Roh Moo-hyun, Moon’s ideological and political mentor.

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link, but if this new agency was in operation when the Cho Kuk scandal hit does anyone think this Blue House appointed agency would have done much to investigate and indict him and his family for corruption?

Also notice the timing of the passing of this bill, they passed it during the New Year’s Eve holiday period when they knew few Koreans would be paying attention. Additionally remember that Korea is a rule by law country, not a rule of law country.