Im Jong-seok on Han Dong-hoon’s Nomination as Ruling Party Emergency Committee Chair: "Yoon Seok-yeol Faction's Prosecutor Coup"

"Going Against Public Opinion Ahead of the General Election"
Han Minister Resigns as Minister of Justice on the 21st

Im Jong-seok, former Chief of Staff to President Moon Jae-in, criticized Han Dong-hoon, Minister of Justice, who was appointed as the Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party on the 21st, calling it "the moment when the power-grabbing scenario of the Yoon Seok-yeol faction is blatantly revealed."

On the same day, Im, through social media (SNS), claimed, "'Prosecutors' Hanahoe' has already extended its reach beyond the Presidential Office, the National Intelligence Service, and the Ministry of Justice to every corner of the government and public institutions, completely controlling the flow of money, information, and personnel by mobilizing even prosecutorial investigators." He also said that the Yoon Seok-yeol faction's Prosecutors' Hanahoe has completed all the pieces of the prosecutorial coup.

Im said, "There has been no coup as severe as this since the 12.12 military coup," adding, "'Special Prosecutor Yoon Seok-yeol,' who once said during his time as Prosecutor General, 'If I had gone to the Military Academy, I would have staged a coup,' has finally become an imperial president and fulfilled that dream."

Former Chief of Staff to the President, Im Jong-seok. [Photo by Yonhap News]

He continued, "Kim Kun-hee's shield accelerated the clock of the Yoon Seok-yeol faction's prosecutorial coup," stating, "At this point, ahead of the general election, putting forward the avatar Han Dong-hoon even against public opinion is due to the Kim Kun-hee special prosecutor law and the nominations of the organization members. There is no other explanation." He warned, "Now, we will watch how Yoon Seok-yeol's avatar, Han Dong-hoon, takes responsibility."

On the same day, Minister Han was appointed as the Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, who will lead the general election 111 days away. Yoon Jae-ok, Acting President and Floor Leader of the People Power Party, held an emergency press conference in the afternoon and said, "The People Power Party has done its best to reorganize the party as quickly as possible after former leader Kim Ki-hyun's resignation," adding, "After compiling opinions within the party, we decided to recommend Minister Han as the Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party."

Minister Han is scheduled to hold a farewell ceremony at the Government Complex Gwacheon in the afternoon and resign from his position as Minister of Justice. It has been about one year and seven months since he took office as Minister of Justice in May last year.

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