Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, who expressed his gratitude on the 4th, greets the staff and leaves the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office with a bouquet of flowers. Reporter Kim Gyeong-rok
On the 5th, the opposition party’s response to former prosecutor general Yoon Seok-yeol has both expectations and concerns. There is an expectation that the influential presidential candidates of the opposition party appeared in a situation where no clear presidential runners were noticed. However, there are also concerns that it may take the lead of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who resigned midway ahead of the presidential election.
First of all, lean. After 2 p.m. on the 4th, when the news of former President Yoon’s resignation was announced, people from the power of the people eagerly issued a welcome message. On this day, Ho-young Joo, the National Power Leader, said, “If necessary, I will work together with President Yoon Suk-yeol to protect the constitution and rule of law.” I will try to add strength to them without hesitation.”
The message of the two people, who are evaluated as the next party leaders, has a strong character of courtship to present former President Yoon as a sign of the people’s strength. Of course, it is unclear whether Yun has a dream like these. In politics, the possibility of former President Dore-yoon leading the opposition-driven political reform that can encompass the middle and conservatives is pointed out as to the possibility of staying in the third zone with a reasonable distance from the power of the people after the 4/7 re-election and by-election .
For this reason, voices of concern about former President Yoon come out from the power of the people. “We still have to watch more” or (the metropolitan area member) “It could be the seed of the opposition division ahead of the next presidential election” (TK member). In particular, there are people that they come to mind in common. This is Ban Ki-moon, former UN Secretary-General.
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon returns to Korea on January 12, 2017. The welcome crowd filled the arrival hall at Incheon International Airport. Central photo
Ban, who returned to Korea in January 2017 after completing his term of office as the secretary-general of the United Nations, quickly emerged as a leading candidate for the passport at the time, recording a 30% approval rating for the next presidential election at the time. The impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye was in a situation where the passport was on the verge of collapse. At the time of his return home, a large number of welcome crowds flocked to the airport, making it difficult to move, and organizations supporting former President Ban also sprung up. The Saenuri Party, which was the first party at the time, was divided into the Free Korea Party and the Barun Party. However, Mr. Ban has never worked anywhere.
The wind caused by former President Ban was only 20 days after returning to Korea due to his midterm resignation. Experts’ evaluations of this are diverse, but they generally agree on the point of “the limit of the third zone”. The 19th presidential election held in May of that year was held in a three-way structure of Moon Jae-in, Hong Joon-pyo, and Ahn Cheol-soo, and President Moon Jae-in, who received 41.1% of the votes, was elected.
However, in the opposition, the objection that “Ban Ki-moon and Yun Suk-yeol are different” is also difficult. Compared to former President Ban, who could not escape from the style of a diplomat, former President Yoon, who grew up in succession with the governments of Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in, has a relative superiority in the ship’s heart and political sense. Former President Yoon and a lawyer at Seoul National University Law School advocated that “Former Prime Minister Yoon, former Prime Minister Ko Gun’s Yongin-sul, former governor Lee Hoi-chang’s principle, and former President Ban’s recognition,” advocated that he is a man of strength. The wider regional expansion compared to former President Ban, who was born in Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province, is also considered as an advantage of former President Yun. He was born in Seoul, but his father (Ki-joong Yoon, an emeritus professor at Yonsei University) is in Nonsan, Chungnam, and his mother is in Gangneung, Gangwon.
A member of the People’s Power of the People’s Power said, “It is highly likely that the opposition-based political reform will follow after the 4/7 re-election and election results. The opposition may be reorganized around him,” he predicted.
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