As the Democratic Party of Korea moves in earnest to push legislation abolishing prosecutors' supplementary investigation powers through the National Assembly before its Aug. 17 party convention, calls for a slower pace are growing — not only within the opposition People Power Party but inside the ruling Democratic Party itself.
The Democratic Party has said it will minimize side effects by strengthening the right to demand supplementary investigations, but mounting public pressure over the so-called "Jang Yun-gi case" has deepened the party's search for a workable solution.
People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok, speaking at a supreme council meeting Monday, said the Jang Yun-gi case revealed a shameful "