Choo Mi-ae: "Kim Gun-hee Could Be More Dangerous Than Choi Seo-won... May Privatize the Presidency"

"It would be a scary and unwelcome presence even if it appeared in my dreams... Seems to feel a sense of crisis"

Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate (right), and his spouse Kim Geon-hee (left). [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim So-young] Former Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae evaluated Kim Gun-hee, spouse of People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, saying, "Considering various suspicions, when she truly holds the highest power, she could be more dangerous than Choi Seo-won."

On the 23rd, former Minister Chu appeared on Yonhap News TV's "1st Street On-site" and explained the reason for her fierce criticism of Kim, stating, "Based on her so-called habits of playing in the marketplace, I cannot help but point out that there could be a second Choi Seo-won incident where she manipulates state affairs again."

She said, "Representative Song Young-gil said that Kim is the person above the candidate, at the very top, even worse than Choi Seo-won. I believe she is attempting not only to privatize prosecutorial power but also to privatize the highest power in state administration, the presidency."

Regarding candidate Yoon's remarks about "abolishing the Blue House's Second Office if he becomes president" and "not using the title of First Lady," she criticized, "These are words to avoid verification," adding, "According to public opinion polls, 70% of the people support the need to know and verify the president's spouse."

Addressing the view that "Yoon was raised by others," she said, "If you put it differently, Yoon's core associates (Yunhaekgwan) represent a collusion between the prosecution faction and the media faction. These two forces are protecting vested interests," adding, "If I appeared even in a dream, they would be scared and wish I disappeared. They say such things out of a sense of crisis."

When asked about the connection between Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, and the 'Daejang-dong development preferential treatment suspicion,' she emphasized, "The current prosecution investigation is missing the essence," and stated, "Just because it happened on land in Seongnam City does not mean it is Lee Jae-myung candidate's corruption."

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