On the Day Yoon Appears, Choo Mi-ae Says "An Unqualified Person... It's Only a Matter of Time Before the Wrapping Comes Off"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Former Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae, who positioned herself as a "hawk catching a pheasant" targeting former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, fired a direct shot at Yoon on the 29th, who took his first step on the presidential election path, saying, "It is only a matter of time before even this well-wrapped packaging is peeled off," and called him "an unqualified person who should not have presidential ambitions."

On the morning of the same day, former Minister Chu appeared on BBS Radio's 'Park Kyung-soo's Morning Journal' and said, "When people hear about the (Yoon Seok-yeol) X-file, they might misunderstand that there is an undisclosed file, but I am not interested in what is in it. Based on the facts already disclosed, former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is an unqualified person who should not have presidential ambitions."

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Former Minister Chu said, "While I was minister, I also filed disciplinary charges and conducted inspections before that."

She added, "If you carefully look again at the disciplinary resolution or the disciplinary charge documents that were made public at that time, you will agree with what I say," and lamented, "However, it is very regrettable that the media at the time did not look into the reasons for the disciplinary action and instead framed it as a 'Chu-Yoon conflict' to stir up controversy."

Former Minister Chu predicted, "Ultimately, in the phase of verifying presidential candidates, as opposition parties compete with each other, the truth will come out." She added, "When that time comes, the public will say 'Chu Mi-ae was right.'"

She also pointed out, "It is only a matter of time before even this well-wrapped packaging around former Prosecutor General Yoon is peeled off," and said, "If you want to become a presidential candidate, I hope you assert the rule of law confidently and emphasize the spirit of the constitution as much as you claim. But he keeps trying to frame himself as a victim, which is problematic."

At the presidential candidacy declaration ceremony held on the 23rd in Heyri, Paju, former Minister Chu also warned former Prosecutor General Yoon, saying, "The time of truth is coming," threatening that the substance of the allegations appearing in the so-called 'Yoon Seok-yeol X-file' will be revealed.

Meanwhile, former Prosecutor General Yoon will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. on the same day at the Maehun Yun Bong-gil Memorial Hall in Seocho-gu, Seoul, marking his first step toward the next presidential bid.

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