South Korean National Assembly Passes Special Counsel Act to Investigate "Fabricated Indictments"
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The South Korean National Assembly passed the "Special Counsel Act on Fabricated Indictments" at its plenary session on November 6. The formal name of the law is the special counsel act for investigating fabricated investigations and fabricated indictments carried out by the prosecution, the National Intelligence Service, the Board of Audit and Inspection, and other bodies under the administration of Yoon Suk-yeol (Yoon Seok-yeol).
The purpose of this law is for special counsels to examine whether the investigations and indictments conducted under the previous administration were based on facts. In South Korea, interest in the content and impact of this law is growing amid continued political confrontation.
South Korean media report that this law has become a difficult challenge for President Lee Jae-myung (Lee Jae-myeong). The article also presents an analysis of how the problem could be resolved, referring to the response during the era of former President Kim Dae-jung (Kim Dae-jung).
How the National Assembly and the government will implement this law in the future remains a subject of continued attention. For Japanese readers, this is news worth keeping in view as a development in the political affairs of a neighboring country.
Sources: ハンギョレ新聞
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