President Moon Jae-in attends a senior advisors meeting held at the Blue House on the afternoon of the 15th.
“2020.7.21 The Ministry of Justice (then Minister Chu Mi-ae) instructed the prosecution to crack down on and investigate planned real estate, illegal real estate brokerage, unlicensed development of farmland, and borrowed-name transactions, and to thoroughly collect criminal proceeds.” (Facebook of former Justice Minister Cho Kook on the 13th)
“The prosecution is most responsible for the corruption in the real estate market.” (Facebook of former Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae on the 14th)
20 days before the 4/7 re-election and by-election, the tax evasion by the middle class of passports due to the LH crisis is not very serious, but the two former Justice Ministers are not concerned about their residence and are continuing to blame the prosecution. .
In the presidential performance evaluation (Week 2 of March) released weekly by Gallup Korea, 57% of moderate-minded respondents answered that they are “doing wrong.” 36% said “you are doing well”. Responses from the middle-class “You are doing wrong” increased for 2 consecutive weeks (53%→56%→57%). The number one reason for negative evaluation was real estate policy (31%). Compared to last week, it has increased by 12 percentage points. The response of “LH land speculation” (3%) also appeared.
In addition, the support of the middle class for the Democratic Party has also markedly decreased. In the fourth week of February, the Democratic Party approval rate of the middle class was 43%, but after the land speculation case in the third LH new city in early March, 12 percentage points disappeared to 31% in the second week of March.
Even if the middle class breaks, the motherland and Chumiae “LH incident is to blame for the prosecution”
On the 11th, former Minister Cho said, “Based on the real estate speculation case of LH employees, the prosecution does not hope that’if the police ruins the investigation, we can bring back the right to investigate’, but how to’cooperate’ in the police investigation and practice it. He pointed out,” followed by mentioning Minister Chu, who responded violently. He left a claim on Facebook on the 14th that “the prosecution republic is both sides of a corrupt republic and a coin” and that “the opposition party is shaking public sentiment with the LH case and putting effort into the prosecution.”
On the 5th, former Minister Choo, who appeared on the official YouTube broadcast’Kim Eo-jun’s Dasboeida’, said, “I understand when I was hit. How difficult it must have been for him (Former Minister Cho). And I think that the whole family is the eldest.” He expressed his deep sympathy with former Minister Cho.
Standing chairman Lee Nak-yeon, the presidential election runner, and Congressman Hong Young-pyo, the next party leader, are also blaming the LH crisis as’the prosecution’. On the 14th, Chairman Lee Seondae posted almost the same words as former Minister Cho on Facebook. “Last July, Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae ordered the prosecution to investigate real estate crimes. But the prosecution did nothing. We are now checking the results.”
Here, Minister Choo left a reply saying, “Thank you very much.” In a radio interview on the 12th, Congressman Hong also said to the former prosecutor general Yoon Seok-yeol, “didn’t you have the power to investigate the prosecution and couldn’t catch a thing like LH (Korea Land and Housing Corporation) speculation and just go out with politics?”
Rep. Hong Young-pyo attended the retirement lecture of former Democratic Party representative Lee Nak-yeon (left) on the 9th. Photo Representative Hong Young-pyo Facebook
Concerns about “accelerating departure from the middle class” VS “You have to catch even a rabbit”
Regarding this move, Park Seong-min, CEO of Min’s political consulting firm, said, “It must be a learned reaction because the ruling party has won the presidential elections, general elections, and branch elections by gathering supporters.” “But in the past, there was a 40% support rate including the middle class called the concrete support layer.” It won’t work in the election.”
There are many voices of concern even within the Democratic Party. A non-mainstream re-election lawmaker said, “No matter how far away from the sentiment of the majority of the people, those in the presidential election or the party’s presidential election have no choice but to look at the attention of the supporters of the pro-government. I have no choice but to sleep.”
Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae leaves the government building after the resignation ceremony held at the government’s Gwacheon government building on the afternoon of January 27, getting out of the vehicle near the main gate and crying as a greeting to supporters.
However, there is also the opposite interpretation. Lee Joon-ho, CEO of STI, a public opinion polling company, said, “Even if you know the middle class has been separated, it is paradoxically that you are seeing the LH situation heavily.” I can,” he said. A member of the Democratic Party’s metropolitan area said, “If the unification of the opposition is broken and the 3rd battle is over, you can win even if you hold the rabbit firmly.”
Reporter Song Seung-hwan [email protected]
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