Park Ji-won "Kim Moon-soo, if Moon is 'execution-worthy,' what about Yoon? Verbal abuse fountain must be dismissed immediately"

"Crossing the Line with Remarks, Did They Appoint Despite Government Personnel Screening?"
"Yoon Is Not Just a Far-Right President... Must Be Dismissed Immediately"

Park Ji-won, former Director of the National Intelligence Service.

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Yunjin Kim] Former National Intelligence Service Director Park Ji-won called for the dismissal of Kim Moon-soo, chairman of the Economic, Social and Labor Council, who sparked controversy with far-right remarks during the National Assembly Environment and Labor Committee’s audit on the 12th.

On the 13th, Park posted on his Facebook, stating, "Kim Moon-soo’s outrageous remarks yesterday and today have gone far beyond any limits. I doubt whether such remarks reflect or represent President Yoon Seok-yeol’s views on labor and security."

Kim sparked controversy during the audit the previous day with past remarks such as "Former President Moon Jae-in is a communist and deserves to be executed." The Democratic Party requested an apology and correction of the remarks, but the audit was disrupted as Kim refused to change his stance. In a radio interview the following day, Kim also did not retract his statements, saying, "I cannot say that is not true," and "You have to look at the context."

Park criticized, "Did the Yoon administration’s personnel screening team verify his countless extreme remarks, such as 'The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions is Kim Jong-un’s cheering squad'? If they did and still appointed him, do they endorse his ideology and claims?" He expressed discomfort, saying, "It is nothing but sighs and anger that there is no one else but such a person to lead the Economic, Social and Labor Council, which should encompass the government, employers, and labor and achieve compromise."

Referring to Kim’s explanation that "If you respect former professor Shin Young-bok, who denied defection, you are a Kim Il-sungist," Park pointed out that Kim himself is a figure who shifted from labor activism to conservative politics, questioning, "Is defection a double standard?" He also rebutted Kim’s claim by saying, "If former President Moon is ‘deserving of execution’ because he sent former Presidents MB and Park Geun-hye to prison, then what kind of ‘deserving’ is President Yoon, who was in charge of the investigations at that time?"

Park urged, "President Yoon should be the president of all citizens, not just of the far-right conservative extremist forces," and sharply criticized, "Kim Moon-soo, a fountain of abusive language, must be immediately dismissed. Such far-right extremist remarks should be made elsewhere, not as a public official."

Meanwhile, Democratic Party members of the Environment and Labor Committee are urging Kim to resign voluntarily and are considering filing charges such as parliamentary insult against his remarks. The presidential office stated, "I think Kim should have an opportunity to explain himself," without taking a clear stance.

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