President Moon Jae-in is moving with him after giving a letter of appointment to the new Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol at the Blue House in July 2019. Behind the scenes is Cho Kook, former Minister of Justice. Provided by the Blue House
President Moon Jae-in immediately accepted Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol’s appreciation. It has been less than an hour since President Yoon expressed his gratitude. Cheong Man-ho, chief of public communication at the Blue House, briefly said, “President Moon Jae-in accepted the appreciation of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol” through a briefing at Chun-Chu-gwan at 3:15 pm on the 4th. This is the position that came after Yoon said in front of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seocho-dong, Seoul, at 2 pm that day, “I am going to resign my job today.” The reason the Blue House announced the presidential acceptance within an hour after the company’s announcement was due to the judgment that it had reached a situation where it was impossible to go with President Yoon anymore. At a New Year’s press conference in January, President Moon expressed his confrontation with former Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae as “the prosecutor general of the Moon Jae-in administration” and began resolving the conflict. They rebelled and entered the process of breaking up with the current government. In particular, President Yoon expressed his appreciation on the day and said that “the constitutional spirit and the legal system that supported this country are being destroyed” seems to have stimulated the Blue House. This is because it can be interpreted as targeting President Moon, who has always emphasized laws and procedures. A senior Blue House official said, “The resignation has been received by the Ministry of Justice, and administrative procedures will be in progress in the future.” The official said that the successor attorney general’s personnel will follow the relevant procedures stipulated in the law. By Lee Wan, staff reporter