Song Young-gil: "Yoon Seok-yeol, a special prosecutor who imprisons people, cannot succeed with last-minute cramming"

Special Investigation Unit Prosecutor Criticized for Lack of Objectivity in Marking Coordinates and Investigating
The People Are Subjects to Protect, Not Investigation Targets

Forgetting the Favor of Being Appointed by President Moon
"You Can't Become President by Cramming Like Lightning Study"

Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol attended the opening ceremony of Namsan Yejang Park and the Lee Hoe-young Memorial Hall in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 9th, greeting Song Young-gil, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Song Young-gil, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, said on the 10th that former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, who is mentioned as a leading opposition presidential candidate, should not become president without thorough verification.

On the same day, Song appeared on CBS Radio's Kim Hyun-jung's News Show and stated, "As Emergency Committee Chairman Kim Jong-in said, there has never been a case where someone who served as Prosecutor General became president."

Song continued, "Prosecutors put people behind bars. Special prosecutors, who always perceive people as potential suspects, are even more so," adding, "The president serves the people as sovereigns, and the people are subjects to be protected, not targets of investigation. Can all of that be reversed? Is there enough time to verify whether former Prosecutor General Yoon has the qualifications to be president in areas such as politics, economy, security, and culture?"

He also said, "It is inappropriate for someone known to be running for president to keep leaking messages indirectly through friends and going around as if taking private lessons," and added, "Having received a kind of selection favor from President Moon Jae-in, becoming the opposition's presidential candidate is morally inappropriate."

Song evaluated, "Former Prosecutor General Yoon cannot be controlled. I don't know about the chief of the Central District Prosecutors' Office, but as I said, special prosecutors lack a sense of balance," and explained, "Criminal division prosecutors review cases sent by the police and make judgments, but special prosecutors initiate investigations on their own, exercising investigative and prosecutorial powers, targeting and shaping investigations, so they lack objectivity." He added, "That is why the acquittal rate is high, and there are many people who have died during investigations."

Regarding the collection of verification materials related to former Prosecutor General Yoon, Song said, "If he wants to do it himself, he should honestly come forward and explain why he wants to become president, how he will handle inter-Korean relations, economic issues, and climate change, expressing his opinions one by one," and criticized, "Studying like cramming now is not how one becomes president."

He also likened Yoon's presidential campaign to "incomplete sales." Song said, "When selling insurance products, if you sell without sufficient explanation, it can be considered fraud, and later the insurance contract can be canceled for breach of duty to explain," adding, "It is difficult to cancel a presidency, so one must sufficiently explain their 'product' in advance to avoid incomplete sales."

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