Jowonjin "Han Dong-hoon Should Apologize Regarding Jeong Soon-shin Personnel Matters"

On the 27th, Jo Won-jin, leader of the Our Republican Party, argued that Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon, under whose jurisdiction the personnel verification team at the Ministry of Justice operates, should apologize for the resignation of lawyer Jeong Soon-shin, who was appointed as the head of the National Investigation Headquarters, due to the issue of 'child school violence.'

On the same day, Jo stated on YTN's "News King Park Ji-hoon" program, "It may be difficult for the president to apologize, but since the personnel verification team was moved from the Office of the Senior Presidential Secretary for Civil Affairs to the Ministry of Justice, it is appropriate for Minister Han of the Ministry of Justice to apologize."

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He pointed out that the 'prosecutors' are responsible for both personnel recommendation and verification. Jo said, "With the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, the Office of the Senior Presidential Secretary for Civil Affairs was abolished and the personnel verification was transferred to the Ministry of Justice," adding, "The prosecutor line was involved in the process. The case involving his son's school violence even went to the Supreme Court, so why was the verification process bypassed?"

Jo insisted that there needs to be a declaration to no longer appoint former prosecutors to power institutions. He said, "The opposition party has been calling this a prosecutor republic and even demanding President Yoon Seok-yeol's resignation, which caused significant resentment, but with this incident, it has only strengthened the opposition's struggle," adding, "Even though the arrest consent bill was rejected, this issue overshadowed everything."

He emphasized, "I have never seen a prosecutor stepping fully into politics end well," and continued, "After this party convention ends, in the next general election, many former prosecutors and close associates of President Yoon Seok-yeol will enter through candidate reshuffling in the People Power Party, but it is necessary to exclude many former prosecutors."

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