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▲ Democratic Party General Meeting
The Democratic Party is holding a general meeting of lawmakers today, July 14, to gather opinions on an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act, which centers on the abolition of the prosecution's supplementary investigation rights.
Discussions at the general meeting are expected to cover the details and the timeline for processing the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act, which was proposed by the party's task force on the act.
Instead of completely separating investigation and prosecution, the amendment includes provisions to specify and substantiate the prosecutor's existing rights to request supplementary investigations, demand corrective measures, and request reinvestigations.
While the Democratic Party's stance is to process the amendment before the national convention on August 17, some within the party are calling for caution following allegations of investigative misconduct by the police in the "Jang Yoon-ki case."
Meanwhile, the so-called "Special Counsel Act on the National Election Commission," proposed as a party platform to investigate the shortage of ballots during the June 3 local elections, is also scheduled to be discussed at the general meeting.
There is also a possibility of debate regarding the preferential voting system, which the party's national convention preparation committee has decided to introduce for the party leadership election.
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