News summary on the way home from work, Subsletter Evening.
"I will investigate the corruption when I come to power," Yoon Seok-yeol, a presidential candidate for the People's Power, said in an interview with the media.
President Moon Jae-in directly aimed at Candidate Yoon and expressed his 'strong anger' without filtration, and the Democratic Party is also launching an offensive, calling it 'political retaliation'.
Candidate Seok-Yeol Yoon is evolving, saying, 'There is no political retaliation in advance of Yoon Seok-Yeol.
There is also an atmosphere where both sides gather with the front line in the middle.
President Moon "expresses strong anger"
President Moon Jae-in did not hide his anger.
Yesterday, a high-ranking official at the Blue House criticized it as "very unpleasant," but today (the 10th) the president himself came forward and the level of expression increased. .
President Moon Jae-in made the following remarks at a staff meeting this morning:
"Are you saying that you pretended not to see the corruption of this government even when you were the chief of the Central Prosecutors' Office and the Prosecutor General? Or are you planning to create a corruption that does not exist? I express my strong anger at what I did and demand an apology."
- Park Soo-hyun, senior citizen communication briefing
As can be seen in the last sentence, "I express my strong anger and demand an apology for driving the current government as the subject of an investigation into corruption without any basis," it seems that he is angry at seeing the current government as the subject of investigation.
Since the beginning of his tenure, President Moon has been advocating 'a government that inherited the candlelight spirit and cleared the evils of the previous government'.
President Moon also conducted a written interview jointly with the world's seven largest news agencies, and here there is a mention that seems to be aimed at Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, saying, "No matter what the election season, we cannot go to a politics of unity by inducing conflict and division in the political arena." .
Below are excerpts from the President's written interview.
“Despite the storms of impeachment during former President Roh Moo-hyun’s presidency and the tragic events following his resignation, our political culture has not fundamentally changed. There is growing hostility and hatred between the two countries. Even in the current election phase, there is great concern about the extreme hatred, confrontation, and division. No matter what the election period, it is impossible to lead to a politics of unity by encouraging conflicts and divisions in the political arena. "
President Moon has been silent on political issues related to elections.
This is because he has been emphasizing political neutrality. After the interview article with candidate Yoon Seok-yeol was published, he broke the silence and made a statement that aimed at Candidate Yoon.
As the opposition protests and makes the election an issue, it appears that they are jumping into the election as a result regardless of the president's intentions.
A high-ranking official at the Blue House also set a sharp edge on Candidate Yoon, "If it's an election strategy, it's low quality, if it's a belief, it's dangerous." I'm really sorry. This is a kind of political waste and outdated."
"No political retaliation"... Yoon Seok-yeol took another step back
After the media interview article was published, Candidate Seok-Yeol Yoon is speaking as if he is trying to fix it.
Yesterday, I took a step back by saying, "When there is a problem, it must be done according to the normal judicial system. There is no need to give special meaning to it."
He emphasized that he would not take political retaliation even if he came to power when he said, "I don't have the word political retaliation in my dictionary."
I will quote Yoon's remarks.
"President Moon and I can say the same thing. There is no word for political retaliation in that dictionary. There is no word for political retaliation in that dictionary.
" I have always been told that it should be handled according to the law, principles and a fair system. That means nothing has changed since I was in the prosecution or when I started politics until today.
" I have been saying since last summer that I would abolish the Senior Civil Affairs Office.”
Candidate Yoon responded in the form of explaining the truth of the interview remarks, implying that he did not want to escalate any further.
As far as President Moon is concerned, the passport is launching a wave of waves. The point of attack is 'political retaliation', so if the battle escalates, it would have been burdensome to enter the frame of political retaliation.
Lee Jae-myung "the first candidate to profess political retaliation"
Contrary to Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol's intention to avoid escalation, the Democratic Party continued its wave of waves for the second day.
Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung also joined, but in the process of meeting reporters and answering questions, he criticized "I have never seen a candidate actually profess political retaliation."
"I've watched many presidential campaigns, but I've never seen a candidate virtually profess political retaliation. We have to move to the future for unity, and I think retaliation or hatred, conflict and division can really put our society at risk. I sincerely recommend that you go down the path of unity rather than retaliation.”
Passports, all-in-one offensive
The Democratic Party continued the offensive, calling it 'political retaliation' for two days in a row.
Let me quote some of the remarks.
"It's a statement that reflects the DNA of the makgapa prosecutor who has been conducting an all-or-nothing investigation. The Democratic Party and presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung will surely win, preventing the Republic of Korea from becoming a prosecutor's republic under the control of Yoon Seok-yeol's division." ( Ho-
jung Yun),
"Yesterday is the day of Candidate Yoon's declaration of political retaliation. It is truly shocking. A dark heart was revealed. Former President Lee Myung-bak killed former President Roh Moo-hyun in petty political retaliation. Investigation into the liquidation of the Moon Jae-in government Candidate Yoon will be the first (target) if necessary (Park Wan-joo, Chairman of the Policy Committee)
Remarks from people who can be called the speaker of the passport continued.
Choi Jae-seong, former senior presidential secretary for political affairs, even wrote expressions such as "a madman" and "a sword of revenge already in his stomach."
“It was reported by Candidate Seok-Yeol Yoon that it was defined as corruption and illegal, and it was also candidate Yoon Seok-Yeol who said that the corruption investigation should be done, but it is also candidate Yoon Seok-Yeol who said it was not retaliation. How could an accident like this? Unless you're a really crazy person, what's even better than saying something like that and denying that it's retaliation? It's mean and a little scary."
Im Jong-seok, former chief of staff for the president, posted an article titled 'Let's take a look at it once' on the SNS, and in a calm tone, he pointed out why Yun Seok-yeol's remarks were a problem.
"No candidate has ever said 'I will investigate the entire government if I come to power' during the election.
Only
one candidate, Yoon Seok-yeol, publicly reveals the intentions of political retaliation. Candidate Seok-Yeol Yoon, who has been a prosecutor all his life
, and Dong-Hoon Han, who Candidate Seok-
Yeol
Yoon called an ‘independence activist’, are clear prosecutors.
maybe."
(Lim Jong-seok/ Facebook)
People's Power "Presidential Election Intervention"
Candidate Seok-Yeol Yoon and the People's Power have different reactions to President Moon's anger remarks.
As explained earlier, Candidate Yoon said, "President Moon and I can say the same thing."
Lee Yang-soo, senior spokesperson for the fleet headquarters, said in an oral commentary that "President Moon's request for an apology from Candidate Yoon, who revealed the principle of investigation into corruption, is regrettable as an unfair election intervention."
Let's take a look at the contents.
President Moon Jae-in's request for an apology from Yoon Seok-yeol, the People's Power presidential candidate, who revealed the principle of investigation into corruption, expressed regret as an unfair election intervention.
(..) The Democratic Party has tried to frame the political retaliation by distorting the purpose of Candidate Yoon's remarks, and now the President and the Blue House are joining the party.
People's Power Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol reaffirms that there is no political retaliation in advance.
- Oral commentary by spokesperson Yangsoo Lee
People's Power Representative Lee Jun-seok also protested, saying, "The Blue House was furious about our candidate, who conducted a fair investigation of unjust people regardless of the government, who talked about the principle that if the Moon Jae-in administration did something wrong, it could not be a sanctuary." He posted criticisms on social media, such as "The act of blaming the opposition candidates while rushing to the principle of principle is clearly an election intervention."
Candidate Seok-Yeol Yoon and the people's power agree in that they are talking about the 'principle', but candidate Yoon did not mention the president any more, and the people's power is 'intervention in elections'.
Passport showdown signal?
As the president directly refuted the remarks of candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, the election landscape has been shaken regardless of the president's intentions.
It can be interpreted as a signal for the passport showdown.
The Democratic Party is showing a movement to use it as an opportunity to mobilize the votes of the middle class and the immovable class who are pro-Roh and pro-Moon, but are hesitant to support Lee Jae-myung.
A Democratic Party official said, "There are many voters among the middle class who are afraid of political retaliation or a government of terror that uses the power of the prosecution after the inauguration of a new government. The remaining period is a fight of the middle class." I expected it.
There is a possibility that 'Moon Jae-in vs. Yoon Seok-yeol' will be formed on the front of 'Lee Jae-myung vs. Yoon Seok-yeol'.
a piece of the day
This is a photo of the late Kim Yong-gyun's mother, Kim Mi-sook, at a press conference.
There was a first trial for those involved in the death of the late Kim Yong-gyun, and the former president of Korea Western Power, the original contractor, was acquitted.
After the sentencing, Kim Mi-sook appealed for her injustice, saying, “How should I live now?” “I am so unfair, resentful, and resentful” and “I can never accept and acknowledge (the result).”