Yoon Seok-yeol's College Senior Seok Dong-hyun: "Yoon Has No Choice But to Enter Politics"

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is giving a farewell speech as he leaves the Supreme Prosecutors' Office building in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 4th after resigning. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-eun] On the 11th, lawyer Seok Dong-hyun, a university classmate of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, said about Yoon, "It may not be immediate, but after some time, I think he will inevitably have to enter politics regardless of his own will."

On the same day, on YTN Radio's 'Hwang Bo-seon's Start of a New Morning,' Lawyer Seok said, "Personally, I am not very pleased with the phenomenon where the Prosecutor General immediately becomes a presidential candidate or where his entry into politics becomes national news," but added, "Now, he cannot avoid entering politics."

He continued, "Originally, former Prosecutor General Yoon had no intention of entering politics," explaining, "There were reports that some political circles, including the opposition party at the time, made love calls, but even then, Yoon himself considered being a legal professional his true calling."

Lawyer Seok said, "Personally, politics is not a good thing. It is a position that receives much more criticism than movies," and added, "The current situation is that our country is actually becoming strange due to various tyrannies and destruction of the rule of law under the Moon administration, and except for some fervent supporters, many citizens are suffering. If I say to a friend that there is a passionate spirit of the times, I want to tell him to accept it as fate or to accept this situation as one where he must play his role."

Lawyer Seok Dong-hyun. Photo by Yonhap News

He then said, "I am not saying that he must run in the presidential election," adding, "The presidential election is not something that happens just by his will, and even if he engages in political activities, many conditions must align for the presidential election, so I think we need to watch carefully."

Regarding the recent controversy over allegations of land speculation by employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) related to the 3rd New Town development, Lawyer Seok said, "The incident broke out at a very delicate time."

He explained, "For example, the reason former Prosecutor General Yoon resigned was because the prosecution was not only rendered powerless or devastated but now its investigative authority was completely taken away, turning the prosecution into a shell, effectively dismantling it," and added, "In a way, it may be abstract, but the LH incident broke out as if it was waiting for this moment."

He continued, "Doesn't it naturally lead to questions about why the prosecution is not investigating?" and said, "This is a better example than a hundred explanations to clearly show how the public perceives the blocking of the prosecution's investigative authority."

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