Park Ji-won "Deputy Prime Minister Park Soon-ae's policy of alcohol education for 5-year-old school entry... How can anyone say such things sober?"

"Replace Park Soon-ae and Lee Sang-min, and reorganize personnel in the Presidential Office"
"President Yoon has lost leadership within the People Power Party"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Former National Intelligence Service Director Park Ji-won argued on the 2nd that President Yoon Seok-yeol should dismiss Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education Park Soon-ae and Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min.

Former Director Park appeared on TBS Radio's Kim Eo-jun's News Factory that day and said, "President Yoon says he is taking a work-from-home leave, and while the party and the presidential office need to be reorganized, at the very least, the two ministers?Deputy Prime Minister Park, who is implementing alcohol-related education policies without communicating with the public, and Minister Lee, who stirred up police controversies?should be dismissed for the public to accept it."

Regarding his description of Deputy Prime Minister Park's policy as an "alcohol education policy," he said, "How can anyone say such things soberly?" He criticized, "Education is a national long-term plan, but lowering the starting age to five?is that easy? At first, it was said to be for four years, then changed to twelve years, then by the end of the year, they said they would reach a public consensus and form a National Education Commission to discuss it?this has changed four times."

Former Director Park also called for personnel reform in the presidential office. He said, "For the president to overcome this situation, personnel reshuffling is necessary," adding, "The approval rating is 28% just 80 days into the administration, which is unprecedented in history."

Regarding the ruling party People Power Party's confusion over dismantling the current leadership and forming an emergency response committee, he evaluated, "They have lost leadership within the party." When asked by the host whether this meant that "President Yoon's intention (to transition to an emergency committee) is contained but the party does not follow," he replied, "Yes," adding, "If the president's leadership does not even work on the People’s Party that brought him to power, this is a very serious problem."

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