Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol resigned on the 4th. The president ordered him to keep his term of office, and General Yoon replied, but why did he leave like this?
In the newspaper on the 5th, which announced the news of the resignation, the analysis that the government and the ruling party expelled Yun on the grounds of reforming the prosecution dominated.
“The Moon Jae-in administration’s’Prince of the Prosecution’ and then pushed into a’rogue’, President Yoon finally expressed his appreciation for four months before his term of office. President Moon Jae-in accepted Yoon’s appreciation as if he had waited.” (Lead, top article on the front page of the World Daily)
It is said that when the Democratic Party recently prepared a plan to remove the authority to investigate the prosecution with a bill to establish a major criminal investigation office (investigation office), Yoon assumed the position of himself and tried to block it. President Yoon has announced that he will fill his term. Rather than asking for the responsibility for failing to fill the term, most media assessed that it was enough to be done by Yun.
“Judgment of’If I Just Have a Test’, I Decide to Resign Last Week” (Top Article in the Chosun Ilbo Politics)
“As the ruling party initiated a legislative movement to completely abolish the prosecution’s right to investigate the prosecution, such as the establishment of the Heavy Water Office, it seems that Yoon decided that there was no more choice but to resign.” (Dong-A Ilbo, among the top articles in politics)
As a result, President Yoon’s political action, which has the highest approval rating of the presidential power in the current opposition, began, and some even appeared in the’April’s founding rumor. It was analyzed that there would be no political action right now and the prospect of supporting the opposition candidate just before the re-election in April in order to increase the value of his name. From the article stipulated as a leader in the Chungcheong region, there were also articles dealing with the personal connections of President Yoon.
It has been several months since the incumbent prosecutor general was criticized for being a political prosecutor. Nevertheless, voices criticizing the government and the ruling party were louder than opinions pointing to the prosecutor general’s political actions.
If you look closely at the article, this part will also appear.
In the middle of an article on the politics of the Chosun Ilbo, a politician official said, “What was done right away without a warning is that we have the possibility of political initiation in mind.” did. He also said, “If he decided to enter politics anyway, he would have been conscious of the recent decline in his approval ratings.”
Although it is the content that the incumbent prosecutor general has entered into politics, there was no point on this.
As reported in the press, if the investigation related to the current regime was stranded due to President Yoon’s resignation, wouldn’t it have to have been prevented by the end of his term?
The Chosun Ilbo “The former president, who prevented external pressure, leaves… The prosecution’s internal line of concerns about abandonment of the regime investigation only states that the resignation of President Yoon may lead to a strand of the regime investigation, but there is no content that Yun should have kept his term of office for the investigations.
The only thing that criticized Yoon was the comments of lawyer Kim Jong-min, a former prosecutor. He said, “The worst prosecutor general and political prosecutor of all time due to irresponsible resignation.”
In the middle of the politics, the Segye Ilbo, “I wanted the president to remain and put forth effort… In the article titled “”, the reaction to the same effect was contained. It was said that the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office was in shock and regretted.
At the end of the article, he analyzed, “Even though President Yoon made a strong call for’resigning’, the inside of the prosecution is still concerned that the investigation office could be set up as scheduled.” An executive at the financial district prosecutor said in the newspaper, “If the president can go out and stop the heavy water office, it will be necessary to go out 100 times, but it is unlikely that the ruling party will stop promoting the establishment of the investigation office.” said.
The interpretation of President Yoon’s resignation may be mixed. However, it is also possible to point out that Yun’s resignation is irresponsible if the resignation of the president does not prevent the establishment of the investigative office, and if there is a concern that the resignation of the president may hinder the investigation of the core of power. In the newspaper on the 5th, such a view could not be found, or it was not treated heavily.
Regardless of the pros and cons, the issue of removing the prosecution’s right to investigate is a serious problem for the prosecution organization. In such a situation, it is unusual to see a leader leaving the organization finely. Moreover, as reported in the conservative press, he decided to leave when he could maintain his support level, conscious of the recent decline in his presidential approval rating.
It does not appear in media reports, but this interpretation is also possible.
Yun’s term of office is in July, and the ruling party’s notice of handling the bill is in June. In other words, as the head of the prosecution organization, President Yoon was given the responsibility to block the investigation agency within his term of office.
Let’s think once more about the complaints inside the prosecutors who appeared in the media, saying, “You can’t stop the investigation office just because you assume the office of President Yoon? It is possible to interpret that Yoon left the prosecution in order not to take responsibility for failing to block the investigation office. The prosecutor general, who is not loyal to people and can investigate living power, has left. Can this be considered the way for the prosecution?
Even if the prosecution still has a rider culture and the prosecutor’s uniform culture dominates, the prosecution is a group that can abandon even seniors if it harms the organization. That is the case when looking at the examples of former prosecutors who retired with disgrace. When Yoon cannot stop the installation of the investigation office, will he be able to go home with a bouquet like on his way home on the afternoon of the 4th?
The news that the incumbent prosecutor resigned one year before the presidential election, as if considering the so-called’President Yoon Seok-yeol Prevention Act (president Kang-wook Choi),’ which required him to resign a year before running as a candidate for public office. It is reasonable to point out that the bill was aimed at certain public officials, but it is difficult to evaluate that the public official who said, “I will fulfill his duty,” as if conscious of this, did not change his words and fulfill his term of office. This criticism is hard to find in the paper on the 5th.
What if a number of media outlets reported headlines with this tone?
‘Before the debate about the establishment of the investigation office caught in the organization’s luck, throw a resignation”Where do you say you want to keep your term?’ Be conscious of the prevention method, leave now’
Was Yun, who was called a’prosecutor’s office,’ really stepped up for the prosecutor’s office? As he argued, would he have left to protect liberal democracy and the people? Or did he run away for his own comfort?
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