President Moon Replaces Justice Minister After Prosecutor General Fiasco
As expected Choo Mi-ae was made the scapegoat for the Prosecutor General fiasco even though she was likely taking all commands from the Blue House:
President Moon Jae-in accepted Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae’s previously offered resignation, Wednesday, following a recent court decision that granted an injunction to Prosecutor-General Yoon Seok-youl against a ministry disciplinary committee’s order suspending him from duty for two months.
Korea Times
Moon’s decision to replace the justice minister comes after months of calls from the public and opposition to dismiss the former five-term lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) who have been weary of the longstanding conflict between her and the top prosecutor. The Choo-Yoon conflict and political wrangling over the President’s push for prosecutorial reform have emerged as key factors that have significantly hurt public trust in the Moon administration.
The presidential office announced a replacement for Choo, in addition to two other ministerial posts, in a briefing the same day. The President named DPK Rep. Park Beom-kye, a former judge, to replace Choo, who will continue to serve in the post until the confirmation hearing for Park.
You can read more at the link, but Choo was a good soldier for the Korean left so I am sure they will take care her even though they had to scapegoat her for failing to get Yoon Seok-youl removed.
I think it’s less of Choo getting thrown under a bus and more of;
1. Calamity Moon making a situation more worse by blindly supporting Cho Kuk, and when Cho Kuk decided to call it quits, replacing him with Choo
2. Yoon deciding to investigate Choo in regards to her son’s unusual leave and Choo taking it personally(probably thought that he was trying to do to her what he did to Cho Kuk or something along those lines)
3. Choo letting her personal feelings get the best of her
4. Moon sitting back,watching, and letting the whole thing turn into one big shit storm
5. And Choo deciding it’s best to leave as honorably as possible into a less stressful
life
Besides now that the ‘Corruption Investigation Office For High-ranking Officials’ has been established and shown Yoon that she doesn’t like to be messed with, there’s nothing left for her to do.
Better let someone else take the heat and the stress from what comes next.
Shuffling the deckchairs on the ROK Titanic.