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A media outlet raised suspicions that in the past government, a Blue House executive summoned the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to investigate the circumstances of the seizure of a North Korean fishing boat.
If true, it is an unusual flag disorder.
As the party, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Park Han-ki, did not take a clear position and there was no investigation by the relevant agencies, the investigation by the chief executive officer has not escaped the level of suspicion or controversy so far.
In the midst of this, President Yoon Seok-yeol emphasized the guarantee of the military command system by mentioning the investigation of the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by an executive of the Blue House at a meeting of all military commanders yesterday (6th).
It is interpreted as a double pillar of sniping the former government and taking care of the military.
The President's remarks are only political investigations, and do not confirm the investigation of the Chief of Staff by the Blue House administrator as fact.
It is still suspicious and controversial.
However, Vice Minister of National Defense Shin Beom-cheol followed the president's words yesterday and talked about the investigation of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on a broadcast.
It is inappropriate for a high-ranking official to present an unconfirmed allegation as if it were true.
Even if the intention is to guarantee the military command system, it is even more true at this point in time when it is impossible to guarantee whether the military command system will be fully guaranteed under this government.
Even now, there are traps that shake the command all over the place.
Do the allegations become true in the Vice Minister's alumni answer?
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Vice Minister of National Defense Shin Beom-cheol appeared on Yonhap News TV yesterday and introduced the contents of the discussion at the All Military Major Commanders' Meeting.
The anchor asked about 10 questions, and the last question was about support for Ukraine.
Vice Minister Shin suddenly changed the topic and said, "President Yoon's emphasis is on guaranteeing the military's command right" and "Unnecessary interference with the military's command, such as in the past, when a Blue House administrator interviewed the army chief or investigated the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He said that he would never do it, and it drew a great response from the military commander.”
It seems that Vice Minister Shin appeared on the show with the intention of making sure to mention the allegations of investigation into the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Unfortunately, when the anchor didn't ask the right question, it seems to be an alumni answer, but forcibly brought it up.
He may have coordinated with someone.
A key official from the Ministry of National Defense said, "We set the message required to be delivered when appearing on a broadcast, and as in this case, the presidential office and the Ministry of National Defense receive guidance from the president's office for common tasks."
If there were any guidelines from the presidential office, this is also a kind of interference with the military command system.
At today's regular briefing of the Ministry of National Defense, acting spokesperson Hong-shik Moon repeatedly stated that there was no separate investigation procedure related to the investigation of the chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by an administrative officer.
In other words, the investigation into the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by a Blue House administrator is an unconfirmed suspicion.
Deputy Minister Shin Beom-cheol spoke on the broadcast as if the allegations were true.
The incumbent deputy minister has blatantly contributed to the president's attack on the former government.
Political action.
He seems to be acting inappropriately as a high-ranking official who commands a half-million national army that must protect political neutrality like his life.
Is the military command intact under the Yun Seok-yeol government?
There were several notorious administrators in the Blue House of the Moon Jae-in government.
The allegations of investigation into Chairman Park Han-ki of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are just the tip of the iceberg.
The names of three or four administrators who intervened in the appointment of generals by arguing that “in the Honam regime, people from Honam should take control of the military” have also been talked about for a long time.
There were also those who went back and forth between the Ministry of National Defense and the Blue House and used what happened in the military to be politically correct.
Because the Yun Seok-yeol administration drastically reduced the presidential office, the tyranny of administrators will be less than in the past.
Instead, there are many voices concerned about the military intervention of reserve generals.
I hear the names of the reservists who take on the role of mother-in-law in the work of the Ministry of National Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and each military, one by one.
Some people coveted this place, using their career as a business card for Yoon Seok-yeol's presidential campaign.
Reservist generals are in a state of stretching after being alienated for 5 years of the progressive government that is not physically fit.
If the military of the Moon Jae-in government went through an era of tyranny of administrators, the military of the Yun Seok-yeol government may experience an era of tyranny of reserve service.
An army field-level officer pointed out that "reservists who did not work hard when in the army are eager to work in the army after they are discharged", "a strange phenomenon that only appears in the military world of Korea".
It is not known at this time whether the Yun Seok-yeol administration will ensure a strong military command.
The presidential office, the Ministry of National Defense, and each military should work together to ensure the command system instead of trying to attack the entire government.