“The worst infection in the eastern detention center is silence…

On the morning of the 29th, as Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae expressed his appreciation to President Moon Jae-in, he directly announced the target of the New Year’s special pardon. In the early morning of that day, he posted a photo on his Facebook page of his visit to the Ansan probation the night before. On the previous day, he added to the theory of impeachment of the prosecutor general in some of the passports, saying,’Impeach Yoon Seok-yeol, headwind does not come’ in the revision of personal YouTube. In response to Minister Chu’s move, there are criticisms that the prime minister is concentrating only on the race to capture the passionate supporters of the passport in the case of a collective infection of 700 people in the eastern detention center in Seoul.

Minister Chu held a press conference at 11 am on the 29th at the government office in Seoul, and directly announced the New Year’s special envoy and the lottery candidates. The target audience announced that day was 3024. Among them, 26 people were included in the special envoy, including the case of social conflict that was established during the construction of the Jeju naval base and the deployment of THAAD. Some interpreted it as a willingness to gain the support of pro-moon while directly announcing the special envoys related to the political assembly. A deputy prosecutor in the metropolitan area said, “In the past, there were many cases where the prosecutor’s office, not the Minister of Justice, announced a special envoy.”

In particular, on the same day, the back statement came about the fact that Minister Chu did not even apologize for the collective infection in the Eastern Detention Center. Prior to the interview, the reporters asked the Ministry of Justice to include questions related to the outbreak of mass infection and directly answered by Minister Chu, the main secretary, but did not respond. In the question-and-answer on behalf of the Prosecutor General of the Ministry of Justice, Shim Jae-cheol, only briefly answered four questions related to the envoy and ended the interview.

The Ministry of Justice pointed out that it did not provide masks until the first coronavirus confirmed in the eastern detention center last month until this day, and only clarified that “it was difficult to pay due to budget problems.” The government’s official apology is that Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said at a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters this morning, “I am sorry as the head of the company headquarters for the occurrence of a large-scale collective infection in correctional facilities managed by the government.”

It is pointed out that Minister Chu visited the Ansan probation center the night before in the context of the Dongbu detention center incident, and that it is “out of place.” Minister Chu said on Facebook after his visit, “The probation officer manages and supervises the wearer of electronic anklets 24 hours a day, and runs day and night in the midwinter scene to prevent crime. To keep” he wrote. Minister Chu visited the Eastern Detention Center for the first time on this day.

On the 28th, Minister Chu shared a post on his personal YouTube account’Chumiae TV’, written by Min Hyung-bae and Democratic Party lawmaker’Impeach Yun Seok-yeol, headwind does not come’. Despite some opposition, Minister Chu pushed for a two-month disciplinary action for Yoon’s suspension. As the court decided on the 24th to suspend the execution of the discipline of President Yoon, it became virtually impossible to force him to withdraw from the government level.

Then, after the court’s decision, Minister Chu, who had closed his mouth for four days, broke his silence and stepped up on the theory of impeachment of President Yun. The impeachment of the Prosecutor General must be prosecuted by a majority of the members of the National Assembly, and at least 6 judges must be approved in the Constitutional Court’s impeachment trial. Even in the passport, there are voices of concern about headwinds saying that it would be difficult for the Constitution to admit that Yoon’s serious violation of the law would be dismissed while the court suspended even the two months of suspension.

One passport official pointed out that “Minister Chu intends to appeal to supporters for the post-ministerial move, rather than the reality of Yun’s impeachment.” This is because there are observations that Minister Chu will run for the Seoul Mayor’s by-election in April next year or go directly to the presidential election in March next year. The day before, after the recommendation committee for the head of the high-ranking public officials investigation, Minister Chu asked about the court’s decision to cite the request for suspension of execution and the apology of President Moon Jae-in, but did not respond.

Reporters Jung Yoojin and Kim Soomin [email protected]