Yoon Seok-yeol resigns, just before the end
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Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, who voluntarily resigned four months before the expiration of his term of office, is leaving the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seocho-dong, Seoul, receiving questions from reporters on the afternoon of the 4th. [뉴시스]
– Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol resigned from his position, leaving his 142 days in office. He became the 14th president of the 22 prosecutors who took office after the tenure system was enforced.
“I cannot stop it while serving as president”
Public criticism of’heavy water office’ after decision to resign
“I will take active steps in politics or lectures”
Concerns that “the government will cover corruption investigations”
– At 2 pm on the 4th, former President Yoon held a press conference in front of the entrance of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul, and said, “My role in the prosecution is now and until now.” Until last month, it was difficult to predict the resignation of former President Yun, who said, “I will keep my term of office until the end,” in response to the passport’s resignation pressure. However, the atmosphere changed urgently as he held an unusual press interview on the issue of the Severe Crime Investigation Office (hereinafter referred to as the Heavy Water Service). “If I can put a job and block it, I will bet even 100 times.” (Kukmin Ilbo on the 1st) “It is okay to remove all prosecutors under the prosecutor general. It was a content such as “What is important about getting a seat?” (The JoongAng Ilbo on the 2nd).
On his way to the Daegu District Prosecutor’s Office on the 3rd, Former President Yoon unwillingly poured out his thoughts to the media, saying, “The prosecution’s complete deprivation of the prosecution’s right to investigate is a complete corruption of corruption.” And the very next day, former President Yun threw the post.
Decided to resign on the 25th of last month= Former President Yoon held the last seats with the chief swordsman staff and the chief prosecutor until just before leaving work on the 4th. A high-ranking prosecutor who attended the meeting said in a call with this magazine, “After hearing the concerns and complaints of former President Yoon, everyone understood that the resignation was an unavoidable option.” He also said, “At this meeting, former President Yun said,’I will go out and fight this situation until the end.
When did former President Yun decide to resign? Another prosecution official who had the last position with former President Yoon said, “I know that I have made a decision to resign about last Thursday (February 25).” After one week of deciding to resign, he actually threw the position of president. An attorney from a special department prosecutor who has worked with former President Yoon said, “It wasn’t a style to hold a decision and measure it around for a long time even in normal times,” and said, “It was a style-like exit for former President Yoon.”
In fact, it was of great interest when and in what way Yun would present his position with respect to the Heavy Water Administration. After the first news that the passport had decided to promote the installation of a heavy water office on January 20th, former President Yoon did not give any official reaction for about 40 days. On the other hand, voices from inside and outside the prosecution continued to demand a response from former President Yun, saying that season 2 of the prosecution reform of the passport following the establishment of the airlift is driving the prosecution organization into a dead end. On the 8th of last month, 21 Passport lawmakers with Hwang Unha as the representative speaker of the Democratic Party proposed the’Act on the Installation and Operation of the Severe Crime Investigation Office’. There was even a specific schedule that aims to pass the bill in June. From then on, voices of opposition began to appear in earnest both inside and outside the prosecution.
Former Prosecutor Seok Dong-hyun, former Seoul Dongbu District Prosecutors’ Office, opened the door to former President Yoon’s college classmates. On the 13th of last month, former prosecutor Seok said to former President Yoon, “I should show my determination to stop the unrighteous attempt by saying, “I’d rather hit my neck.” As the prosecution dismantlement scenario became visible, some prosecutors said, “We must hold a national prosecutor-level meeting or a prosecutor’s meeting to respond,” and there was a demand that “Jeon Yun, as head of the prosecution, should openly oppose.
In this regard, a high-ranking prosecutor who met with former President Yun previously said, “The timing of the resignation was only a problem.” He added that “if it had been a vertical reorganization that decentralized the powers of the president, former President Yun would have accepted it.” Regarding whether former President Yoon’s political actions in the future, he said, “Whether you are in politics, appearing on broadcasts, or attending national lectures, it is expected that you will continue to take active steps against the anti-constitutional situation in the future.”
◆Shall we take full-scale political steps?Regarding the adequacy of the timing of the resignation of former President Yoon, and whether or not to make political progress, the reactions inside and outside the prosecution are mixed. On the 4th, lawyer Kim Jong-min, former head of the Gwangju District Prosecutor’s Office, wrote a strong criticism on his Facebook page, saying, “The worst prosecutor general and political prosecutor ever”. Attorney Kim said, “If the opinions of the prosecutors around the country come together, they must gather their will and express their dissenting opinions,” he said. He also wrote, “The investigation of key cases related to the regime (by the resignation of the president) will go over the water and the corruption of the regime is bound to be covered.” On the other hand, some view that Yun had no choice. “I could have tolerated the creation of a plant chief through greetings, but the last card of resignation would have been forced to draw out the last card of resignation,” said Prosecutor C of the Criminal Division, Financial District Prosecutors’ Office. “It’s not just to see it as an anticipation of a political move.” Prosecutor C added, “However, we are concerned that the major investigations led by former President Yun after the inauguration of the successor president will lose power.”
In the political world, the interpretation that the recent move of former President Yun has already begun political action is the main interpretation. On the 3rd, the day before the resignation press conference, during the visit to the Daegu District Prosecutor’s Office, some said, “The atmosphere on the site was like the ceremony for the inauguration of the presidential election.” Some politically sees the remarks to the prosecutor’s staff as former President Yoon retired, “The public prosecution does not look at the person in charge and punishes the powerful according to the principle.” This may be a fundamental story emphasizing fair prosecution rights, but it is an interpretation that suggests that the president will not refuse a confrontation with passports and other passports.
Meanwhile, Minister of Justice Park Beom-gye, who visited the Gwangju High Prosecutors’ Office on the 5th, said, “It would have been nice if you had kept your term of office, but I am very sorry for resigning.” Minister Park also said, “This is not an issue for me to answer” regarding the rumors of former President Yun’s political advancement. On the previous day, Ho-young Joo, the National Power of the People, asked whether he would hold a meeting with former President Yoon in the future. ) There will be time to meet.”
Reporter Seong-pyo Ko [email protected]
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