Hong Jun-pyo "Good and evil coexist in politics... Prosecutors must remove 'grit' to become proper politicians"

Inside the Situation Drive: "Prosecutor-turned Politicians Fail to Succeed Due to Gonjo"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Je-hoon] Hong Joon-pyo, Mayor of Daegu Metropolitan City, stated on the 22nd, "If you want to do politics, you must remove the prosecutor's gonzo ('konjo,' a Japanese term for 'grit') to become a proper politician."

Mayor Hong said in a post on his social media service (SNS) that "Politics is not a world of good and evil like judicial procedures that determine right and wrong based on evidence, but a chaotic realm where good and evil coexist," explaining his statement.

He added, "Prosecutors have what is called gonzo. In Korean, it means 'geunseong' (根性, grit)," and "A prosecutor without gonzo cannot become a competent prosecutor and is said to be unprosecutor-like."

He continued, "Prosecutors from special investigation units and violent crime units are exactly that type," and explained, "A prosecutor with gonzo, once they bite, never lets go, and once wronged, never forgets and always repays."

Mayor Hong also said, "I remember it took me about eight years to remove the prosecutor's gonzo, which is a prosecutor's trait, after working as a prosecutor for 11 years and entering politics," adding, "Only after becoming a three-term lawmaker did I finally become a politician."

He stated, "The reason why prosecutors-turned-politicians do not achieve great success is precisely because of that gonzo."

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