The Constitutional Court to Hold First Public Hearing in July on the Power Dispute Judgment over the 'Complete Prosecution Reform' Filed by the People Power Party

Prosecutors to Soon File Jurisdictional Dispute Petition... If Merged, Prosecutors May Also Attend Hearings

On the 2nd, Jeon Ju-hye, a member of the People Power Party's Legislation and Judiciary Committee, held a press conference at the National Assembly urging the Constitutional Court to promptly decide on the injunction application to suspend the effect of the "Complete Prosecution Reform Bill" resolution and to prohibit the progress of plenary session procedures. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Kyung-jun] The first public hearing on the authority dispute trial filed by the People Power Party last month regarding the so-called ‘Geomsu Wanbak (complete removal of prosecutorial investigation rights)’ bill will be held in July.

According to the legal community on the 19th, the Constitutional Court will hold a public hearing on July 12 at 2 p.m. in the grand courtroom for the authority dispute trial case filed by the People Power Party, claiming that their "right to deliberate and vote on the bill was infringed." According to the Constitutional Court Act, authority dispute trial cases must hold a hearing date and listen to oral arguments from both sides.

Earlier, lawmakers Yoo Sang-beom and Jeon Ju-hye, members of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, filed an authority dispute trial on the 29th of last month regarding the Geomsu Wanbak bill, stating, "The agenda adjustment committee chairman passed the adjustment plan without substantive mediation, and the Democratic Party appointed Min Hyung-bae, who disguised his party resignation, as a member of the agenda adjustment committee, which clearly infringed on the petitioners' right to deliberate and vote on the bill."

The prosecution is also expected to file an authority dispute trial regarding the Geomsu Wanbak bill soon, so if the case is received by the Constitutional Court before the hearing date, there is a high possibility that the cases will be consolidated. If the cases are consolidated, the prosecution is also expected to attend the hearing date.

Currently, in addition to the authority dispute trial case filed by the People Power Party, there are six constitutional complaints filed by civic groups and ordinary citizens pending at the Constitutional Court. Recently, the Constitutional Court dismissed two of these cases without referring them to the full bench and instead dismissed them at a three-judge designated panel. The dismissed cases include the constitutional complaint filed by the National Professors Association for Social Justice (Jeonggyomo) on the 3rd and the constitutional complaint filed by an ordinary citizen, Mr. A, last month, totaling two cases.