Kim Eun-kyung’s ruling that “it hurt the fair”… 靑 explained that “there is no blacklist”

“There is no’blacklist’ in the Moon Jae-in administration.”

The Blue House announced on the 10th about the court ruling convicted of former Environment Minister Kim Eun-gyeong and former Blue House Balance Personnel Secretary Shin Mi-sook who were involved in the’Ministry of Environment Blacklist’ case. Although it was the first trial decision, the Blue House made an official position in an unusual day. It seems that the burden of getting out of the’blacklist frame’ is reflected. The court stated in the ruling that it was “damaged fairness.” It is said that it could be a serious blow to the Blue House, which has emphasized’fair government’.

Court timely damages’fairness’ seven times…

The previous day, the court sentenced former Minister Kim and former secretary Shin to two years and six months in prison and three years probation in one year and June in prison, respectively, and used the word’fair’ seven times for reasons of sentence.

Specifically “Not only has it impaired the adequacy and fairness of the appointment of executives in public institutions, but also fails to understand the legislative purpose of the Public Institutions Management Act, which was enacted with the aim of rationalizing management and enhancing operational transparency by establishing an autonomous management and responsible management system for public institutions. Let it go”Pointed out. In addition “This act of the defendant (forcing former Minister Kim) (forced to submit a resignation, etc.) only pretends that nominees appointed by the Blue House or the Ministry of Environment were appointed as executives of public institutions, and the nominees were elected as executives of public institutions through fair procedures and screening. To doI pointed out.

The fact that the judge made the issue of’damaging fairness’ in the ruling is a painful part of the Moon Jae-in administration, which emphasized the value of fairness. Immediately after the first eruption of this issue, the Blue House denied that “the Moon Jae-in government’s genes (DNA) do not have private inspections in the first place,” and even asked the opposition party “to refrain from’blacklisting’.” President Moon also put fairness as a top priority during the process of appointment and dismissal of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk in 2019. Last month’s New Year’s speech also emphasized, “We believe in the power of fairness and are building its value right away.”

The fact that it is difficult to draw a line with former Minister Kim or former secretary Shin’individual deviance’ is also an embarrassing aspect for the Blue House. In the ruling against former secretary Shin, the judge “In light of the defendant’s position as the Blue House secretary, the defendant cannot decide on its own to determine the nominee and make a decision to support him. There are circumstances to be taken into account in the course and degree of participation in each crime in this case.”This suggested the possibility of involvement in the upper line. The court also admitted the charges of’targeting audit’ and’request for collective resignation’ to personnel who did not respond to the request for resignation by former Minister Kim.

靑 “Different from blacklist”… Efforts to minimize damage to morality

Blue House spokesman Kang Min-seok said in a written briefing that afternoon, “It is a pity to define this case as a’blacklist case by the Ministry of Environment.'” “A’blacklist’ refers to a list of exclusions that were created to penalize certain issues,” said Kang. “However, the word blacklist does not appear anywhere in the court’s explanatory data. There was no surveillance or inspection activity,” said Kang. This is the Blue House’s position after the court ruling the day before, after an internal meeting to prepare countermeasures and a report from President Moon. However, it is pointed out that the Cheong Wa Dae’s focus only on the fact that there is no black list is stubborn in light of the nature of this incident. This is because they are ignoring the nature of this case:’Ministry ministers directly appointed by President Moon Jae-in and staff who assisted the president conspired to place specific personnel in public institutions.’

The Blue House is most concerned about the possibility of damaging the morality of the Moon Jae-in administration if the case is trapped in the’blacklist’ frame. In a briefing that day, spokesman Kang emphasized, “Our government respected the term of office of the heads of public institutions appointed by the former government,” and “that was the government’s human resources basis,” which is interpreted as an intention to block this.

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