Jeong Cheol-seung "After Chu Mi-ae Sent 'Minefield,' Blue House and Democratic Party Have a Picnic... This Is Moon Jae-in's Report Card"

"Do Not Be Misled by a 0.7% Margin"
"If It Were Not for Yoon Seok-yeol, the Presidential Election Result Would Have Been Devastating"

Attorney Jeong Cheol-seung, who served as the legal representative for the family of the late Park Won-soon, former Mayor of Seoul / Photo by Jeong Cheol-seung (Facebook capture)

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] Jeong Cheolseung, the legal representative of the family of the late former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, has criticized the Moon Jae-in administration and the Democratic Party of Korea. He also strongly denounced the recent presidential election result, which was a nail-biting race decided by a 0.7 percentage point margin, as an "illusion."

On the 11th, Jeong wrote on his Facebook, "It is only natural that the Moon Jae-in Blue House and Lee Nak-yeon’s Democratic Party were rejected by the people in the presidential election," and added, "A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae."

During that conversation, Jeong reportedly asked former Minister Choo, "I assume the reason you were appointed Minister of Justice was because no one else wanted the position due to fear of the prosecution led by Yoon Seok-youl resisting reform, and because you were the only one capable of completing the prosecution reform. After sending you as Minister of Justice, did the Blue House and the Democratic Party support you?"

In response, former Minister Choo bitterly smiled and expressed dissatisfaction, saying, "You saw it correctly. What kind of support was there? They sent me into a minefield, and while I was stepping on mines, instead of helping me, they were having a picnic right beside me. Even though if the mines exploded, we would die together."

Jeong argued, "Let’s not be deceived by the illusion of a 0.7% narrow victory. It was merely the result of a common-sense backlash against an unqualified figure named Yoon Seok-youl," and added, "If the People Power Party had put forward an ordinary candidate, the presidential election result would have been disastrous. That is the accurate report card of the Moon Jae-in and Democratic Party government."

Meanwhile, Jeong has recently continued to voice harsh criticism toward the Moon Jae-in administration. On the 9th, the day before the presidential election, he stated on Facebook, "To be clear in advance, no matter what the election result is tomorrow, I intend to pour out criticism of the Moon Jae-in government. The People Power Party is not even worth criticizing."

In a post the following day, he emphasized regarding the election result, "Usually, the ruling party’s presidential candidate criticizes the current government’s policies. Even if it’s hard to call it a failure, it is necessary strategically for the election," and added, "However, in this election, the ruling party candidate Lee Jae-myung hardly criticized the Moon Jae-in government."

He continued, "No matter how unpopular or controversial the policies were, it was probably out of consideration for the backlash from the so-called pro-Moon faction," and evaluated, "Despite campaigning as if one hand was tied behind his back, Lee Jae-myung put up a close fight with Yoon Seok-youl, with less than a 1% margin. It was an impressive performance."

He then criticized, "Those who tied Lee Jae-myung’s hand should have no reason to be disappointed with the election result. It is a situation they brought upon themselves. Of course, most of them probably won’t even understand what I’m saying."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.