“Nuclear Power Mafia” Choi Jae-hyung, who was hitting North Korean nuclear power plant, suddenly changes

The Democratic Party’s position was embarrassed when the list of 530 files deleted by officials of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy was released during the audit process for the 1st Wolseong nuclear power plant. The Democratic Party has been vigorously criticizing Auditor Choi Jae-hyung, pushing the auditor’s gratitude as “political gratitude.” However, after President Moon Jae-in said on the 18th that “I do not think that the auditor’s audit is an audit for political purposes,” the disclosure of the list of files was overwhelming. The opposition party launched a massive offensive by discussing the Blue House on the 29th, but the Democratic Party did not take any official response from the party level on that day. Individual lawmakers have responded differently.

① Rebuttal =Rep. Yun Geon-young, former head of the Blue House’s National Planning and Situation Office, criticized the opposition assertion on Facebook that “(the government) tried to build a nuclear power plant in North Korea in top secret” (Kim Jong-in, head of the National Power Emergency Response Committee) as “the highlight of political novels” He said, “At least check the facts and tell them.” In addition, Congressman Yoon was the one who said “a story like a novel” when a media report that the Ministry of Industry promoted a plan to build a nuclear power plant in North Korea last November. He also stressed that, “I clarify once again, but none of the three inter-Korean summits and exchange and cooperation projects held by the Moon Jae-in administration have promoted the construction of a nuclear power plant in North Korea.”

② perplexity =In a call with the JoongAng Ilbo on the 29th, a member of the Democratic Party’s leadership said, “The public complaint is the prosecution’s argument, and the facts have not been confirmed.” Asked. In short, he argues, “The energy conversion policy is a policy issue decided by the State Council, which is the highest voting body for government decision-making, and it is criticized that it is an overpowering idea to appreciate it, and the audit activity itself was not criticized.” Among the deleted documents, the Ministry of Industry and the Blue House exchanged discussions about the situation, Lee said, “we do not know at all.”

③ Reverse work=On the 15th, two weeks ago, a spokesman for Shin Young-dae, who made a comment to the Board of Audit and Inspection, saying, “Stop political audit immediately,” made a similar argument on the local currency. It is argued that the fact that the indictment or file list has been disclosed through some media is a political act of the prosecution or auditor. Spokesman Shin said, “When the auditor submitted an audit report to the National Assembly last year, there was no list of deleted files, but now they have recovered them.”, “The results of the trial have not come out, but even the prosecution indictment with specific charges has been reported.” Insisted.

④ Industry advocacy?=In August of last year, Rep. Song Gap-seok criticized Director Choi Jae-hyung, saying, “It has the logic and thinking structure that nuclear mafias did.” This means that Choi has the same perception as the nuclear power plant industry or the forces that oppose’post-nuclear power’. However, when the situation related to the construction of North Korean nuclear power plants was revealed in the list of deleted documents, Congressman Song said in a call with the JoongAng Ilbo: “Isn’t it what the nuclear power industry wants to build in North Korea (rather than not being able to build it at all)? ”

⑤ Interchange =Opinions diverged about the report that the Ministry of Industry has made a report on the trends of civic groups against nuclear power plant shutdown. In general, the reaction was “I can’t figure out what’s inside just by looking at the title”, but “I don’t know anything else, but it seems that there was a problem with the Ministry of Industry having a rally report filed by a civic group to the police” (Honam re-election) There was also. On the other hand, advocacy claims that “it seems natural as if the government is collecting the opinions of related organizations or residents while implementing policies” (honam first line) and “when the government grasps the trend, it is all temples or mere pitfalls” (promotion in the metropolitan area). there was.

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