The controversy continues on the background of the resignation of Cho Sang-joon, head of the National Intelligence Service, “health problems” 尹, “personal reasons”

resigned to the president’s secretary, not the president
Difficult to deny the allegations of “resignation the day before the national inspection”

Park Ji-won “I posted a 2nd and 3rd grade staff plan.
The manager relaunched it … Acceptance of the President ”

On the 27th, the National Intelligence Service dismissed it as a “health problem” while “internal conflicts” were raised over the sudden resignation of Cho Sang-jun, the second-in-command of the National Intelligence Service. However, various speculations are raised as there is no clear explanation for the unusual situation of expressing gratitude to the president without going through a report to the head of the National Intelligence Service the day before the audit.

In a press release the same day, the National Intelligence Service said, “I have expressed my resignation for personal reasons such as health problems.” The day before, the National Assembly Intelligence Committee audit explained only that it was a “personal reason”, but this time it was specified as a “health problem”. President Yoon Seok-yeol, on his way to work that day, also said, “It is an important position, so I accepted my style (resignation) because it would not be right for me to continue doing heavy work.” A senior government official said: “I was told that Cho was hospitalized.”

However, suspicions remain against the backdrop of Cho’s resignation. It should be noted that even if there are health problems, as explained by the National Intelligence Service, it is difficult to clear the doubts about the resignation of a public official who has been recognized as a ‘specialist’ after more than 20 years of life as a prosecutor. Cho, along with Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon, is considered one of President Yoon’s closest collaborators.

In particular, internal conflict theories are raised that former Chief of Staff Cho has expressed his resignation to Kim Kyu-hyeon, secretary of the Presidential Office for Public Service Discipline, rather than Kim Kyu-hyeon. , director of the National Intelligence Service. It was analyzed that Cho and manager Kim disagreed on the internal staffing level, but Cho resigned due to health problems. Park Ji-won, former director of the National Intelligence Service, told CBS Radio on the same day: “NIS must be hired at the second or third level, but former director Cho is said to have raised his proposal at the Blue House. (Bureau). However, the director who went abroad saw that it was not going as he thought, so he uploaded it again. ” He insisted: “I was fighting in the presidential office, but still (the director of the National Intelligence Service supported me).” However, regarding the personnel conflict theory, director Kim told the Seoul newspaper that “that’s not true at all.”

Some observers speculate that the letter to the former head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) may have been received due to staff complaints due to the nature of the NIS, which undergo severe personnel changes depending on the government. There is still speculation that he resigned due to personal abuse or drunk driving, which could be a problem in legal and moral standards.

By Seo Yu-mi