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| ▲ Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin delivers bouquets to President Yoon Suk-yeol, who visited Daegu High Prosecutors’ Office on the afternoon of the 3rd. | |
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Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin met with Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, who visited the Daegu High School and Regional Prosecutors’ Office on the 3rd, handed a bouquet of flowers and cheered on. There are criticisms that it was inappropriate behavior not only from the Democratic Party but also from within the power of the people.
Mayor Kwon said to President Yoon, who waited for about 20 minutes at the parking lot of Daegu High Prosecutors’ Office on the afternoon of that day, and said, “I hope the President’s efforts to protect the constitution and rule of law are not lonely.” said.
Mayor Kwon said, “I will contact you later. This is my cell phone.”
He later uploaded a photo on his SNS, saying, “Welcome the Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol’s visit to Daegu” and handing a bouquet of flowers (Related Article: Visiting Daegu Yoon Seok-yeol “‘Complete inspection’ is a’corruption complete’ that causes corruption. //omn.kr/1sa3e).
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However, regarding Mayor Kwon’s move on this day, there are continuing criticisms that it is not right in local politics regardless of the opposition party.
An official of the people’s power said in a phone call on the 4th and said, “It looked like Mayor Kwon was going to woo alone,” and said, “The mayor seemed to be standing in line with President Yoon, hurting his pride. “Isn’t it both legs in the situation?” he criticized.
Dae-jin Kim, chairman of the Democratic Party’s Daegu City Party, said, “It seems inappropriate to anyone to say that mayor Kwon goes to meet with President Yoon during business hours and cheers for it,” he said. “No matter who sees it, it seems only to be a political act.”
Daegu City Councilman Lee Jin-ryeon (Democratic Party) also said, “There are a lot of issues such as overcoming Corona 19 and airport problems. It is not normal to move politically. It is not right,” he criticized.
On the other hand, Rep. Kwak Sang-do, the chairman of the Daegu City Party, said, “I don’t know what the intention of Mayor Kwon went to see President Yoon. It is not appropriate for me as a third party. Ask the person concerned.”
Rep. Lee Man-hee (People’s Power, Gyeongbuk Provincial Party Chairman) replied, “Because Mayor Kwon is a politician, I think it can be done enough.”
The gaze of local civic groups was also not good.
“I’m curious why the mayor went to that place. Isn’t it impossible to distinguish between construction,” said Kang Geum-soo, director of the Daegu Participation Solidarity. “It can be seen as a political act, but it is inappropriate in terms of the status of the mayor.”
Eun Jae-sik, the secretary of the Woori Welfare Citizens’ Alliance, also said, “The local government heads take political action, and there may be a lot of likes and dislikes on various issues, but the market representing 2.5 million can’t distinguish between public and private.” I hope that I don’t make a mistake that it may be.”
However, a local official said, “Daegu Gyeongbuk is often viewed as a bureaucratized prejudice toward the leader of a group,” he said.
“The loneliness of Daegu and Gyeongbuk, similar to the loneliness of the prosecution”
Regarding this public opinion, mayor Kwon said, “When former presidents Kim Jin-tae and Kim Soo-nam came to Daegu, they met and ate regularly, but it was only a welcome greeting because the situation was uncomfortable due to Corona 19.” Yoon’s supporters were holding a rally, so we moved to the parking lot and met for a while.”
An aide of Mayor Kwon said, “It can be seen that the loneliness that the prosecution is experiencing in Daegu and Gyeongbuk is similar,” and said, “In the mind of Dong Byeong Sang-ryeon, mayor Kwon met with the aim of supporting President Yun?
Earlier, Mayor Kwon posted an article titled “Hey, Suk-yeol Yoon” to General Yoon, who was in conflict with former Minister Chu Mi-ae ahead of the initiation of the investigation and command authority in October and November of last year.