The People Power Party will file a constitutional petition with the Constitutional Court in connection with the Criminal Procedure Act, which abolishes prosecutors' supplementary investigation authority.
The People Power Party's legal advisory committee said in a notice on the 13th, "To contest the infringement of basic rights of the people and the unconstitutionality arising from the push by the Lee Jae-myung administration and the Democratic Party of Korea to abolish supplementary investigation authority, we plan to submit a constitutional petition to the Constitutional Court at 2 p.m. today."
As grounds for the constitutional petition, it is expected to include ◇ the principle of due process ◇ personal liberty ◇ prosecutors' authority to request warrants ◇ the right to a speedy and fair trial ◇ victims' right to make statements during trial proceedings ◇ the principle of prohibition of excess, among others.
Earlier, floor leader Jeong Jeom-sik of the People Power Party appeared on a YouTube channel the previous day and said, "Having prosecutors who cannot even investigate apply for warrants does not fit the constitutional order and is unconstitutional, so we are preparing a constitutional petition," adding, "In modern criminal justice, police investigations are controlled by prosecutors who hold investigative authority, and prosecutorial investigative authority is controlled by courts that hold adjudicatory power, but abolishing supplementary investigation authority prevents checks and balances."