Justice Minister Jeong Rules Out Veto for Criminal Procedure Law Despite Unprecedented Speed

South Korea’s justice minister says the revision moved at the speed of light and will need legislative fixes, while declaring executive intervention inappropriate.

Justice Minister Jeong Seong-ho stated on July 27 that the Criminal Procedure Law was revised at the speed of light for the first time in history, a characterization reported by Dong-A Ilbo on August 3. The remark places the executive branch on record acknowledging the unprecedented pace of the legislation while simultaneously closing off the two primary mechanisms available to check it. Jeong declared that requesting a presidential veto or filing a constitutional authorization dispute judgment regarding the law would be inappropriate, according to Maeil Business Newspaper on the same date. The record does not establish whether the law has been promulgated or when it takes effect.

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