China News Service, March 10. On the 10th local time, according to Korean media reports, data released by the Central Election Management Commission of South Korea showed that the presidential candidate of the National Power Party, the largest opposition party in South Korea, was successfully elected as the new president.
As a newcomer in the political arena, how will this "sword bearer" of the former procuratorial system take on the burden of the president?
The "sword bearer" of the procuratorial system:
Sent two former presidents to prison
Yin Xiyue, born in 1960, graduated from the Faculty of Law of Seoul National University and served as the chief of the Seoul Central District Attorney General and the South Korean Attorney General.
"Prosecutor" is the most obvious label on him.
In November 2020, in a poll on presidential candidates, the support rate of Yin Xiyue, then attorney general, reached 24.7%, and her voice suddenly surpassed all other candidates from both the ruling and opposition sides, which shocked many people.
Data map: Yin Xiyue
In fact, many of Yin Xiyue's well-known deeds are related to the former president of South Korea.
In 2016, he served as the head of the special prosecution team of the "confidantes in politics", and arrested former presidents Park Geun-hye, Choi Soon-sil and Samsung Electronics vice-chairman Lee Jae-yong.
In the process of investigating the corruption case of former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Yin Xiyue also took command and sent Lee Myung-bak to prison.
He won the trust of the Blue House by actively clearing up the accusations, and was promoted all the way to the position of Attorney General.
However, as Yin Xiyue set out to investigate former legal minister Cao Guo, cracks began to appear in his relationship with the government and the ruling party.
Since then, with the inauguration of the former Minister of Justice, Qiu Meiai, the investigation and command of Yin Xiyue was launched, and he was handed over to the disciplinary committee. There was an unprecedented conflict between the two sides.
On June 29, 2021, 117 days after resigning as attorney general, Yin Xiyue held a press conference in Seoul and officially announced her candidacy for president.
He promised to re-establish the rule of law, the just values of the times and generations.
Inexperienced "newbies in politics":
facing multiple crises
If it is said that Yin Xiyue is the "sword bearer" of the procuratorial system, then his experience in political party activities is slightly weak.
Yin Xiyue, who lacks political experience, has aroused a lot of criticism.
He once said in an interview that if he is in power, he will investigate and liquidate the accusations of the Moon Jae-in regime.
In this regard, Moon Jae-in expressed strong anger and demanded an apology.
Data map: Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in said that Yin Xiyue must answer "whether he pretended not to see the accumulated malpractices of the current government when he served as the chief prosecutor and chief prosecutor of the Central District Prosecutor's Office of South Korea, or did he create the problem of accumulated malpractices out of nothing."
Korean media said that Moon Jae-in, who has been sticking to "neutrality" on the eve of South Korea's general election, expressed his position in person this time is very rare.
This incident has also become a hot topic for a while.
On the other hand, South Korean politics has a tradition of being dragged down by "people around you". His wife was accused of falsifying her resume and her mother-in-law was sentenced for forging a passbook balance certificate, all of which made Yin Xiyue's "just" personality suddenly collapsed.
Data map: Yin Xiyue
Some analysts pointed out that Yin Xiyue's tough and radical remarks on sensitive and major diplomatic issues also exposed the shortcomings of her team in the diplomatic field.
At the end of his 27-year career as a prosecutor, an official of the same party once said to Yin Xiyue, "You have seized the moment when the stars shine, and the opportunity to challenge the next presidential election has come." This time, Dang has been "fighting" with the president. of Yin Xiyue, when he becomes the president, can he capture the moment when the stars shine again?
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