Ham Se-woong "Moon and Lee Nak-yeon with bells can't match one woman like Chu Mi-ae"

Former Minister Choo Mi-ae's Remarks at 'Janghari' Publication Celebration
To Moon Jae-in and Lee Nak-yeon: "Failing to Embrace Women's Determination"

Father Ham Se-woong praised former Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae as 'Chu Dark' and criticized President Moon Jae-in and former Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon, saying, "Men with bells are not worth as much as one woman."

"Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol Could Not Make a Disciplinary Decision, Bringing in an Authoritarian Regime"

Father Ham Se-woong attended the book launch event of former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae on the 30th and said, "Men with bells are not worth more than one woman." [Image source=Captured from OhmyTV YouTube channel]

Father Ham made these remarks on the 30th at the publication event for former Minister Chu’s autobiographical novel Jang Hari, held at the Jogyesa Traditional Culture and Arts Performance Hall in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

He claimed that in December 2020, when former Minister Chu strongly pushed for the disciplinary action against Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, "At that time, President Moon Jae-in, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon, secretaries, and ministers were all men. They failed to embrace the determination and decisiveness of a woman, which led to the establishment of Yoon Seok-yeol’s prosecutorial authoritarian regime."

He continued, "We all must atone," raising his voice, "How much have we paid as a result of failing to grasp that? Isn’t a monster now ruling politics?"

Praise for Chu Dark and the General... "Yoon Seok-yeol Should Have Been Dealt with Then"

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and former Minister Chu Mi-ae. / Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

Father Ham referred to former Minister Chu as ‘Chu Dark,’ saying, "Joan of Arc was a French saint and martyr, but it took 500 years for her to be recognized," and added, "(Former Minister Chu) will also be difficult to be recognized in her time. She will be acknowledged by the next generation."

The event was attended by many pro-Lee Jae-myung faction lawmakers, including former Democratic Party leader Lee Hae-chan, as well as Kim Yong-min, Hwang Un-ha, Yoon Mi-hyang, and Seo Young-kyo.

Kim Yong-min, a member of the ‘Cheoreomhoe,’ a hardline pro-Lee faction within the Democratic Party, referred to former Minister Chu as ‘General Chu,’ saying, "I think our general was amazing," and added, "Recently, I said, ‘If the People Power Party wins even a little in the next general election, won’t they declare martial law?’ and got criticized for speaking recklessly, but that was something former Minister Chu used to say."

Kim said, "I am grateful that this book was written as a novel," and added, "It is hard to criticize a sitting president recklessly. But (the character ‘Yong Geon-seok,’ representing then Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol in the novel) ‘that bad XX’ can be freely insulted."

Lawmaker Hwang Un-ha said, "It is regrettable that Yoon Seok-yeol, who stubbornly resisted the minister, was not dealt with at that time," and evaluated, "If only that part had been resolved, the minister would have been remembered in history as one who splendidly carried out prosecutorial reform, a timely task and calling."

Novel Jang Hari Depicting Chu-Yoon Conflict... President Yoon as ‘Yong Geon-seok’

The cover of former Minister Choo Mi-ae's novel "Jang Hari." [Image provided by Happy Story]

The novel Jang Hari reconstructs the ‘Chu-Yoon conflict’ between former Minister Chu and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol during her tenure. Former Minister Chu is given the pseudonym ‘Jang Hari,’ and President Yoon is ‘Yong Geon-seok.’

The book is introduced as, "She, who was appointed as the 67th Minister of Justice and took the lead in prosecutorial reform, deliberately wrote a novel about the painful prosecutorial reform," and "The irony of depicting a ‘reality more novelistic than a novel’ is a narrative that only the author, who led prosecutorial reform and experienced it firsthand, could realize."

At Yoon Mi-hyang’s publication event on the 24th, former Minister Chu mentioned the novel Jang Hari in response to the question, "What kind of hopeful politics do you want to pursue?" and said, "Yoon Seok-yeol, be nervous. My dream is to work together with you all on things that will make Yoon Seok-yeol nervous."

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