President Moon Jae-in interviewed Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae at the Blue House on the 1st.
Minister Chu's visit to the Blue House was unannounced and took place immediately after the cabinet meeting.
Minister Chu attended the video State Council meeting held at the Seoul Government Complex from 10 am on that day, and after entering the Blue House around 11:15 am immediately after the State Council meeting, Minister Chu's vehicle was captured.
President Moon presided over the state council through video at the Blue House.
The Ministry of Justice said, "The minister entered the Blue House immediately after the State Council meeting and reported the current situation to the president."
It is presumed to have reported the progress of the prosecution against Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, internal opposition from the prosecution, and the schedule of the disciplinary committee scheduled for the second day.
Some observers said that they would have discussed the issue of resignation with President Yoon.
Earlier, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun suggested that President Yoon's voluntary resignation was inevitable at a weekly meeting with President Moon the previous day, and it is known that he made a remark suggesting that it is necessary to resign with Minister Chu.
Therefore, observations are made that the'companion resignation theory' may have been caught in some way at this meeting between President Moon and Minister Chu.
In particular, there is a lot of public opinion that it is necessary to clear the traffic for the conflict between Minister Chu and President Yoon before the disciplinary committee is held as it is expected that political turmoil will increase after the decision of the disciplinary committee against President Yoon on the 2nd.
Prior to this day's cabinet meeting, Minister Chu served alone for 10 minutes at the request of Prime Minister Chung.
The Ministry of Justice explained, "We reported the current situation to the former Prime Minister of the State Council," and said, "There was no discussion on resignation at the time of the President's report and the Prime Minister's meeting."
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