The National Assembly Legislative and Judiciary Committee passed 42 bills, including prosecution reform follow-up bills.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Gyu-jin = The National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee held a plenary session on the 16th and processed 42 cases, including follow-up legislation in accordance with the so-called prosecution reform, led by the Democratic Party of Korea.

The People Power Party participated in the general meeting, but expressed its opposition through discussions.

Most of the bills that passed the Legislative and Judiciary Committee were passed without a separate voting procedure.

Rep. Park Hyung-soo of the People Power Party, the opposition party's secretary, explained the reason by saying, "Because we were opposed to the revision of the Criminal Procedure Act, we cannot support the follow-up bill," but added, "It is accepted that it is not right to stipulate it as a supplementary provision in the form of legislation, so it is not efficient to oppose and vote on each case one by one."

However, in the case of the amendment to the Prosecutors' Disciplinary Act, which added 'dismissal' to the types of prosecutors' disciplinary action, the People Power Party voted against it.

In addition, the amendment to the Corruption Investigation Office Act, which allows prosecutors of the Public Prosecution Service to request supplementary investigation from prosecutors of the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Office, was voted on and passed at the request of Rep. Park Eun-jung of the Innovation Party.

The amendment to the National Sports Promotion Act, which includes support and protection measures for partner athletes who help national team athletes train for international competitions, also passed the plenary threshold on this day.

The amendment was submitted to the Legislative and Judiciary Committee in April, but was postponed due to differences of opinion between ministries.

Meanwhile, the National Assembly Steering Committee and the National Defense Committee also held a general meeting on this day and decided on follow-up legislation to abolish the Prosecutor's Office. The Judiciary Committee plans to hold a plenary meeting on the 17th to review these bills.