[사설] Yoon Seok-yeol’s discipline stopped… Chu Mi-ae resigns, after the public apologizes

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol returned to his place after eight days yesterday. It was after the court ordered the court to stop the disciplinary action (two months of honesty) held by President Moon Jae-in. As in the case of Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae’s exclusion from his duties, the court judged that it was unfair to expel Yoon from the regime.

Both the disciplinary procedure and the grounds were absurd, so the court’s judgment is extremely reasonable. President Moon Jae-in called Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo to the Blue House on the 22nd and put pressure on the court while discussing “reform of power institutions,” but the judges did not shake. Previously, the decision to invalidate the exclusion of President Yoon’s duties, the conviction of Professor Kyung-Shim Chung, and this judgment imprinted the significance of the existence of the judiciary.

Deputy Judge Hong Soon-wook of the Seoul Administrative Court, who was in charge of the case for the suspension of the disciplinary execution of President Yoon, accepted the defense of President Yun that there was no guarantee of fairness in the disciplinary decision process and that there was no reasonable reason to discipline. Because it was the final decision of the president, the court rejected the argument that the court should not put a brake on it.

Now, the Blue House, the ruling party, Minister Chu and his followers should give up the expulsion of Yun. It was time to realize that the more I did, the deeper I fell into the pit. Some of the passports insist that the high-ranking officials criminal investigation office (KAI), which will be launched soon, should investigate Yun as the first case, which is destroying the foundation for the existence of the KPA. It is no different from proclaiming aloud to the world that the airlift is a government escort organization.

President Moon must withdraw the disciplinary action against President Yoon, which the court deems unfair, and apologize to the public with Minister Chu. At the same time, the Minister of Justice and the prosecutors’ aides should be used to promptly curse Minister Chu for committing illegal and unjust discipline. President Moon has been helping Minister Chu’s runaway destruction of the rule of law. If the responsibility is avoided, it will be difficult to prevent the premature lame duck situation caused by the fall of government support.

There are piles of work to do in front of the returning President Yun. Investigations related to the Wolseong nuclear power plant and the Lime and Optimus cases are virtually stopped. Normalization is urgent. It is also necessary to clarify the suspicion of manipulation of the Channel A reporter’s case by the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, which was revealed during the disciplinary deliberation process. It is also important to re-investigate the assault case of a taxi driver by Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu. It is also necessary to inspect the misuse and abuse of the powers of political prosecutors, including Shim Jae-cheol, who gave up himself as a prosecutor. I hope that you do not forget the promise of President Yoon to uphold the rule of law and the spirit of the constitution.

Passport politicians and pro-government officials are violently attacking judges as rulings and decisions have been made in courts that make the regime uncomfortable. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Kim Myung-soo should no longer be silent about such profane acts that shake the foundations of the state. Didn’t he say he would devote his whole body to protecting the independence of the judiciary when he took office? Now is the time to put that commitment into practice.