Shin Hyun-soo, chief executive officer, sudden vacation

Shin Hyun-soo, who expressed his appreciation for the controversy surrounding the prosecution’s greetings, suddenly took a vacation and went into the final position. On the 7th, immediately after a high-ranking prosecutor of the Ministry of Justice, Shin expressed his gratitude several times, and President Moon Jae-in has been holding back for more than 10 days. If the unprecedented situation in which the Blue House’s head-on conflict with the Minister of Justice is prolonged, it could act as a major bad news for the Mayoral elections in Seoul and Busan in April, and the Blue House is expected to end the controversy over taking place in some way.

On the 18th, a senior Blue House official said, “Senior Shin will go to work on the 22nd of the following week after taking two days off and reveal his position.” This official said, “I think what I’m going to say when I go to work. I hope that I can fully ponder and return to my original form.” Shin expressed his gratitude several times before the Lunar New Year holidays, but President Moon continued to hold back. Despite the president’s persuasion, it is known that Shin still does not give thanks. Earlier, the Blue House said that Chief Shin expressed his appreciation after showing a disagreement with Justice Minister Park Beom-gye over the prosecutor-level personnel conducted by the Ministry of Justice.

If Shin reaps his appreciation and returns to work, the surge in the affairs surrounding the prosecution’s greetings is expected to be closed. This is the procedure for returning naturally as the role of Chief Shin is given to the mid-level executives of the prosecution’s deputy chief and chief prosecutor who will be executed soon. However, if Chief Shin adheres to his gratitude and goes through the replacement procedure, the Blue House and passports are likely to suffer a big aftermath. President Moon, who managed to close the conflict between Chu Miae and Yoon Seok-yeol, which had been Jungkook’s’black hole’ for the past year or so, and began to renew his state affairs, may again be caught up in controversy over the prosecution and quickly fall into a lame duck.

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