Park Ji-won: "Choo Mi-ae is not someone who will do whatever the Blue House tells her to do"

Park Ji-won, a member of the Alternative New Party, appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' and said about Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae, "She is not someone who will simply do whatever the Blue House tells her, so things will proceed quite harmoniously."
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[Asia Economy Reporter Shinwon Yoon] Park Ji-won, a member of the Alternative New Party, recently commented on reports that Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae and the Blue House had disagreements over key prosecutorial appointments, saying, "(Minister Choo) is not someone who will simply do as the Blue House orders."

On the 8th, Park appeared on MBC Radio's "Kim Jong-bae's Focus" and said, "There were some reports that Minister Choo Mi-ae rejected the Blue House's personnel proposal the day before," adding, "Minister Choo is not an easy person."

He continued, "It is true that Minister Choo has a strong will regarding prosecutorial reform and this investigation, but since she is not someone who will just follow the Blue House's orders, things will proceed quite harmoniously," he predicted.

Regarding the expectation that there will be a drastic personnel reshuffle to purge the 'Yoon Seok-yeol faction,' he argued, "Ultimately, if people working in the investigation line are promoted, the Liberty Korea Party or some citizens might say it is a 'demotion disguised as a promotion' or that the investigation line has been shaken. Prosecutorial personnel changes can also have a butterfly effect."

In response to Park Joo-min, a senior member of the Democratic Party, who claimed, "Since the investigation is currently underway, saying the investigation command line should not be changed is dogma (a dogmatic belief)," Park said, "Whoever goes to that position will conduct investigations. There is no need to think of the prosecution as someone who covers up or changes the direction of the investigation," adding, "Minister Choo makes personnel decisions for personnel reasons, but if done reasonably, the opposition will attack. However, Minister Choo is someone who will not bat an eye."

He expressed a negative outlook on the conservative opposition, which recently formed an Integration Promotion Committee to push for full conservative unification. Park said, "Currently, what has appeared are Hwang Kyo-ahn's Liberty Korea Party, Park Geun-hye's Our Republican Party, Yoo Seung-min's New Conservative Party, Lee Jae-oh's National Integration Alliance, and Ahn Cheol-soo's new party," adding, "At first, Representative Hwang said he would consider Yoo Seung-min's three principles, but now he has rejected them. Unexpectedly, Representatives Lee Eon-ju and Lee Jung-hyun are planning to form new parties, so ultimately it will be divided into four or seven parts. This conservative grand coalition will not happen before the general election."

He continued, "If Representative Hwang makes a declaration like Lee Hae-chan's, saying 'I will not be a member of the National Assembly, party leader, or presidential candidate. Let us all give up vested interests,' then (conservative unification) might be possible," adding, "Like Representative Lee Hae-chan, if he gives up everything and only swings the knife for a reshuffle to create a progressive power regime, it cannot be helped, but without such self-sacrifice, unification is impossible."

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