As the list of 530 files deleted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy officials prior to the audit by the Audit and Inspection Service was released, the ripples are expanding to the politics. On the 29th, the power of the people went on a total offensive, such as, on the 29th, the head of the Emergency Response Committee, Kim Jong-in, issued a long statement of over 1,800 characters in his own name.
President Moon Jae-in and North Korean State Council Chairman Kim Jong-un are chatting on Doboda-ri, Panmunjom during the inter-Korean summit on April 27, 2018.
Chairman Kim stipulated that “the related documents deleted by government officials in collusion with the government are a black box that contains all of the early closure of nuclear power plants that the ruling powers have tried to hide.”
In particular, regarding the inclusion of a large number of documents related to the North Korean nuclear power plant in the deleted file list, he strongly criticized that “the attempt to build a nuclear power plant in North Korea in extreme secrecy is a shocking transfer that could shake the fate of the regime beyond the nuclear power plant gate.” did.
He insisted, “You can guess who the policy of post-nuclear power pushed unilaterally is for,” and “clearly reveal the substance of the transfer beyond imagination.”
At the same time, he raised his voice as “a dual behavior of illegally shutting down domestic nuclear power plants and supporting the construction of nuclear power plants in North Korea, and an obvious transfer.”
Regarding the media reports that “documents identifying the trends of civic groups and unions opposed to the government’s post-nuclear policy were also deleted,” Kim pointed out, “The current government has consistently insisted that there is no temple DNA, but this time it has been revealed.” In addition, he said, “It is unwise to dismiss the unauthorized destruction of official documents as a deviation from some public officials.”
Files related to’North Korea Nuclear Power Plant Construction Promotion Documents’ out of the list of 530 files deleted by public officials of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy just before the audit of the Audit Office in December 2019. Report capture
Ho-young Joo told the JoongAng Ilbo on the phone that day, “What must have been the desperate situation so that senior civil servants should not secretly enter the office at night and destroy it? The nuclear power plant is not a matter for the president to smuggle with North Korea.”
Rep. Lee Cheol-gyu, an opposition party secretary of the National Assembly’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, said, “The government departments are required to disclose all the receipts of documents sent to the agency in the state affairs audit. “It wasn’t simply deleted because of fear before the audit, but it was systematically concealed from the beginning.”
In this regard, the power of the people plans to form a new fact-finding committee at the party level. In particular, as there is a possibility that the nuclear power plant-related investigation will be transferred to the recently launched high-ranking public officials criminal investigation office, the intention is to increase the level of pressure on the Blue House and the ruling party until the prosecution investigation is complete.
Rep. Jeon Joo-hye, a member of the National Assembly Legislative Judicial Committee, said, “In order for the case to be relocated, the investigation system (of the airborne department that can investigate the case) must be completed.” He said, “Before we are ready, we will be careful to see if we are being spouses.”
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