Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said on the 9th that regarding the recent murder of a Gwangju high school girl and the former Donghae mayor's bribery case, "We were able to get closer to the substantive truth because the prosecution conducted supplementary investigations."
On social media (SNS) that day, Oh posted an article titled "The end of the obsession with stripping the prosecution's authority is the collapse of livelihoods. The president must hit the brakes," and said this.
Oh said, "What the people want is simple," adding, "A country where crimes are properly uncovered, victims are protected to the end, and no one is wronged."
He added, "That is why the judicial system exists," and "But the Democratic Party is now trying to abolish prosecutors' supplementary investigation authority, the minimum safety net. Is the Criminal Procedure Act a subcontracted bill that must be torn up and rewritten at lightning speed to match a particular party's political clock?"
Oh also said, "Because both the police and the prosecution are made up of people, mistakes or errors in judgment can occur," adding, "Just as you cannot entrust your body to an operating room with only the surgeon inside, cross-checks are essential for judicial justice as well. Oversight is needed to correct errors and prevent wrongful harm."
He continued, "If this minimum safety net collapses, the damage will crash straight into the lives of ordinary citizens."
Oh said, "If only a nonbinding right to request remains, the prosecutors and police will engage in 'legal ping-pong,' tossing paperwork and shifting responsibility," adding, "During the months of that investigative vacuum, criminals will buy time to neutralize lawful investigations, change smartphones, and destroy evidence."
He went on, "The Democratic Party has already unilaterally introduced this amendment in the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee, starting the countdown to a legislative rampage," adding, "A judicial system directly tied to the lives of the people must not be reduced to a product planned for a particular party's convention."
Oh said, "If the end of this rampage is the collapse of livelihoods, the president, as head of the administration and the ultimate person responsible, must marshal all constitutional powers and apply the brakes," adding, "Even if the Democratic Party forces it through at a plenary session, I strongly urge the president to immediately prepare to exercise the right to request reconsideration."