Silent Chu Mi-ae … “We did it as an apology, so it’s virtually stiff”

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae suffered fatal injuries due to the suspension of court disciplinary action by Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol. Although the president publicly apologizes to the people, there has been a situation, but Minister Chu remains silent.

Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae is on the morning of the 14th to go to the Gwacheon Government Complex in Gyeonggi Province. Reporter Lim Hyun-dong / 20201214

On the 25th, an official from the Ministry of Justice said: “Today, the Ministry of Justice is unlikely to present a different position.” Minister Chu has revealed his personal stance on Facebook in each phase of the conflict with President Yoon. When Minister Chu tendered his resignation on the 16th, he said: “It was a dream for a just and just world, even if it was shattered into pieces.”

In the legal profession, there is a comment that “Minister Chu Mi-ae was completely defeated” and “shattered according to the person’s writing.” The day before, the court explained that the formation of the disciplinary committee was procedurally illegal, and that the reasons for the disciplinary action must also be challenged. Regarding this, Han-gyu Kim, former president of the Seoul Bar Association, said: “There was a flaw in the form before even considering the real truth. In this case, the Ministry of Justice would be absolutely unfavorable even if it were address the main case. ” Interpreted as.

The Ministry of Justice is also considering an immediate appeal against the court’s decision, but it is analyzed that it is not easy. This is because if the Seoul High Court is defeated, the damage to Minister Chu will be greater. Already in the passport, there is a criticism that “Minister Chu took the initiative in unreasonable discipline and only raised General Yun.”

Even the prosecutor’s office in January next year will not know where it is going. There were observations within the prosecution that Minister Chu would demoralize a large number of prosecutors who clashed in the disciplinary process. Since President Moon asked, “Please do your duty to the end” to Minister Chu, who tendered his resignation, it was interpreted as a statement calling for a knot for reform of the prosecution, including the criminal investigation office of senior officials (Airborne), to be launched soon.

Representatively, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Cho Nam-gwan, who called for the withdrawal of President Yoon’s job exclusion, Daejeon District Attorney General Lee Doo-bong, who is overseeing the nuclear power plant investigation, and the head of the Seoul Superior Prosecutor’s Office, Sang-cheol Cho, who accused the prosecutor Jeong Jin-woong of self-harm. However, it is now difficult for Minister Chu to exert influence over the prosecution staff. A legal official said: “Because the president apologized in person, Minister Chu was not a resignation, it was virtually rigid.”

On the morning of the 9th, one day before the Prosecutor’s Office and the Disciplinary Committee of the Ministry of Justice, Vice Minister of Justice Yong-gu Lee addresses the Ministry of Justice in the Gwacheon Government Complex. Reporter Woo Sang-jo

Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae (right) and Sim Jae-cheol, the Attorney General of the Department of Justice. The photo shows a Chu Mi-ae candidate heading to work for the first time on December 9 last year at the South Seoul Compliance Support Center. [뉴스1]

Rather, the positions of the staff designated as the ‘Chumiae Line’ became unstable. The responsibilities of the Justice Department Prosecutor’s Office, including Cho Doo-hyun, Deputy Justice Minister Yong-gu Lee, Eun-jung Park, and Jae-cheol Shim, who participated in President Yoon’s disciplinary action, come from the prosecution. An acting prosecutor criticized him harshly, saying: “The minister misled his staff and several eunuchs upset the country.” Another prosecutor said: “Prosecutors are looking to see who resigns.”

Vice Minister Yong-gu Lee, who was also mentioned as a candidate for the next Justice Minister, was particularly injured. One prosecutor predicted: “This was chosen as a letter to expel Yun Seok-yeol, but he could not be withdrawn with the reorganization because he did not play that role properly.” There was also a controversy that Lee was not punished for assaulting a taxi driver after his appointment.

The executives who pressured Yun within the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office were also unable to escape criticism. Inspector General Han Dong-soo claimed that Yun’s “ interference with the prosecution ” and revealed the prosecution-related matters on Facebook, which generated controversy. There are also crime boss Lee Jong-geun, who is known to have been involved in the prosecution of President Yun as the husband of prosecutor Park Eun-jeong, and Vice President Shin Seong-sik, who participated in President Yoon’s disciplinary committee under suspicion. from a disinformation reporter for the “ Han Dong-hun Channel A case transcript ” by KBS.

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