Hong Jun-pyo: "Military and prosecution should not be treated as regime spoils"... Targeting Shin Won-sik

On the 12th, Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop tendered his resignation, and Lieutenant General Shin Won-sik, a member of the People Power Party and former Army Lieutenant General, is being strongly considered as his successor. Meanwhile, Hong Joon-pyo, Mayor of Daegu, pointed out that appointing party-affiliated individuals as Defense or Justice Ministers could undermine political neutrality.

On the 12th, Mayor Hong stated on his social media, "One of the personnel principles upheld until the end of the term during President MB (Lee Myung-bak)'s administration was to never appoint party-affiliated individuals as Defense or Justice Ministers," adding, "The reason is that these two positions require a high degree of political neutrality, and if party-affiliated individuals take these posts, they risk being attacked by opposition parties, which could compromise political neutrality."

Hong Jun-pyo, a member of the People Power Party, is giving a greeting at the JP Hope Camp closing ceremony held on the 8th at BNB Tower in Yeouido, Seoul. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

He continued, "During the administrations of Kim Dae-jung, Roh Moo-hyun, and Moon Jae-in, this principle was not upheld, resulting in the military and prosecution becoming mouthpieces for the regime and damaging political neutrality. At least during MB's era, despite the commotion over the Park Yeon-cha investigation, such controversies were relatively fewer," and added, "I hope that, unlike the leftists, the military and prosecution do not regard themselves as spoils of the regime."

It is known that Minister Lee proactively tendered his resignation on the same day as the Democratic Party of Korea pushed for impeachment proceedings. Shin Won-sik is being strongly considered as his successor.

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