"Search and Seizure Over a Single Commendation" Ruling Party Proportional Representative Pressures Yoon Seok-yeol to Resign

"Prosecutorial Power and Sensationalist Media Sticking Together"

Photo by Facebook capture of Woo Hee-jong, co-representative of the Together Citizens' Party

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] Woo Hee-jong, co-representative of the Democratic Party's proportional representation party, the Together Citizens' Party, publicly demanded the resignation of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol on the 16th.

Co-representative Woo wrote on Facebook that afternoon, "The candlelight citizens who gathered in Seocho-dong are now uniting their strength in Yeouido to ask about your whereabouts."

This statement is interpreted as referring to voters who supported the Democratic Party and the Citizens' Party in the April 15 general election, who were also participants in last year's rally in front of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-dong, Seoul, defending former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk.

On October 5 last year, participants performed a mobile phone flashlight performance at the '8th Prosecutorial Reform Candlelight Cultural Festival' held at the Seocho Station intersection in Seoul.
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Co-representative Woo continued, "When multiple universities were raided over a single certificate, when the indictment was filed on the very day the hearing began, and ultimately when the resignation of Minister Cho, who led President Moon's prosecutorial reform efforts, was induced, he must have smirked."

He added, "Prosecutor General Yoon must have thought, 'No previous president has ever succeeded in prosecutorial reform. Moreover, the corrupt media cling tightly to prosecutorial power. Confronting the Blue House is as easy as eating cold porridge.'"

Co-representative Woo said, "What he missed in his overconfidence was the public sentiment and strength of the candlelight citizens. Ultimately, the candlelight citizens who gathered in Seocho-dong are now uniting their strength in Yeouido to ask about your whereabouts. You, who wield such absolute power, what will you do now?"

Last year, citizens supporting former Minister Cho gathered in Seocho-dong, where the Supreme Prosecutors' Office and Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office are located, holding candles to urge prosecutorial reform.

At the time, rally participants claimed, "Minister Cho and President Moon Jae-in will achieve prosecutorial reform through the power of the candlelight." They also said, "We will protect the Moon Jae-in administration created by the candlelight."

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