'Myeong-Chu Alliance' Splitting? Chu Mi-ae Says "Lee Avoids Stance on Jo Guk's Daughter's Admission Cancellation"

Choo Mi-ae "Attitude Avoiding Sensitive Issues"
Lee Jae-myung "I Want to Talk About Policy Issues Directly Affecting People's Lives"

Lee Jae-myung, Park Yong-jin, Lee Nak-yeon, Chu Mi-ae, Kim Du-kwan, and Chung Sye-kyun, presidential primary candidates of the Democratic Party of Korea (from left), are posing for a commemorative photo before the 6th debate hosted by OhmyNews at a studio in Gasan Digital Complex, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, on the 1st. Candidate Chung Sye-kyun participated in the debate online via a non-face-to-face method. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] Former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae criticized Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung for not expressing his stance on the cancellation of the admission of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk's daughter to the medical graduate school.

On the 1st, during the 'Democratic Party Presidential Candidate One-on-One Debate' hosted by OhmyNews, former Minister Choo pointed out, "(Governor Lee) shows an evasive attitude toward sensitive issues," adding, "He has not taken a clear stance on the cancellation of former Minister Cho's daughter's admission to Pusan National University."

In response, Governor Lee said, "It is unfortunate," but avoided answering by stating, "The procedure is still ongoing, so I will observe the process and then make a judgment."

Former Minister Choo asked again, "In the case of Cho Kuk's daughter, based on the presumption of innocence, (the admission cancellation) should not happen. It is very wrong to preemptively cancel the admission when she graduated long ago and even passed the national exam," and asked Governor Lee, "Do you agree?"

Governor Lee drew a line by saying, "I prefer to speak about policy issues directly related to the lives of the people."

Meanwhile, regarding the 'Amendment to the Media Arbitration Act,' former Minister Choo criticized, "(Governor Lee) said he is in a watching position and that it is a matter for the party in the National Assembly," adding, "Compared to his persistent attitude toward the administration over the nationwide disaster relief fund, it seems he avoids important and sensitive issues."

Governor Lee responded, "There is probably no one who has suffered as much as I have from the media," and said, "It is a clear position that strong punitive sanctions are necessary if the privileges given to the media are abused to threaten the democratic system. I made my position clear the next day."

Furthermore, when former Minister Choo raised the issue of Governor Lee's ambiguous stance on the 'separation of investigation and prosecution powers' by the prosecution, Governor Lee said, "Separation of investigation and prosecution is necessary. However, I respect the position that the president and government want to control the pace."

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