Ahn Cheol-soo: "Yoon's Discipline is 'Political Oppression'... President Moon Has Entered a Path to Death"

"Do Not Yield to the Oppression of Power and Fight Until the End"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Ahn Cheol-soo, leader of the People’s Party, criticized on the 16th the two-month suspension penalty given to Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol by the Ministry of Justice’s Prosecutor Disciplinary Committee, saying, “President Moon Jae-in spoke of procedural legitimacy, but this disciplinary action is political oppression that has lost both procedural and substantive legitimacy from the start,” and added, “It is an abuse of power born from an obsession to avoid the blade aimed at themselves, ignoring public opposition, the inspection committee’s conclusion, and prosecutors’ conscience declarations.”

On the same day on Facebook, Ahn said, “They made a fuss as if a serious crime had been committed, then quietly backed down,” and called it “a shallow tactic to neutralize the Prosecutor General until the launch of the Corruption Investigation Office while minimizing public backlash against dismissal.”

Ahn pointed out, “Now this administration expects the substantive truth of the nuclear power plant corruption case to be buried and the scandals of those in power involved in the Lime and Optimus fraud cases to be concealed,” adding, “The maintenance of the indictment in the Ulsan mayoral election manipulation case faces difficulties, and the conspirators of power-type crimes that have already occurred or will occur may be toasting with wine.”

Ahn said, “Truth and justice cannot be forever confined within the dark fence of power. Since the world knows the injustice and tricks of this administration, the Moon Jae-in administration will now have to face not just Prosecutor General Yoon but the entire nation,” and stated, “The public opinion and popular demand to reveal the truth will grow like a rolling snowball because public dissatisfaction and distrust toward the administration have surpassed the boiling point.”

Ahn said, “This administration may think it has struck down the Prosecutor General with the axe of power and broken the blade of the prosecution, but soon it will realize that the axe of power actually struck its own foot,” and added, “Furthermore, the president and this administration have entered a path of living briefly and dying eternally. It should also be known that all of this was brought about by a hypocritical president and an arrogant Democratic Party.”

Ahn concluded, “As always, I hope Prosecutor General Yoon will not yield to political oppression and injustice and will fight to the end,” and said, “The People’s Party will always stand on the side of the people, truth, and justice.”

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