President Moon Officially Suspends Prosecutor General Who Investigated Corruption in His Administration

As expected the Moon administration has suspended the Prosecutor General and are using the Justice Minister as the scapegoat:

This file photo from June 22, 2020, shows President Moon Jae-in (C), Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae (L) and Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl. (Yonhap)

 President Moon Jae-in has approved the justice ministry’s decision to suspend South Korea’s top prosecutor from duty for two months, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday.

The measure against Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl over multiple charges of ethical and legal misdeeds came after the ministry’s disciplinary committee voted to punish him in a marathon session that ended early Wednesday morning.

President Moon approved the decision at 6:30 p.m. after Choo visited his office in the afternoon for a related briefing to the president, according to Chung Man-ho, senior presidential secretary for public communication. The measure immediately went into effect.

Chung, meanwhile, added that Choo has tendered a resignation.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but Choo is just carrying out the Blue House’s orders to get rid of Yoon because he would not cover up corruption occurring in the Moon administration.

Her resignation offer is what her political party was advocating for as cover for Yoon’s suspension. This is all political theater to get Yoon out of the way of the prosecutor reforms the Moon administration is trying to implement as well as stop any further investigation into corruption in the Moon administration. It also side lines Yoon who has been growing in popularity as a presidential candidate due to his stance against corruption in the Moon administration.

Could you imagine what the international media reaction would be if President Trump suspended Robert Mueller during his special counsel investigation into the Trump administration? This is basically what is happening here and I expect it will get little if any international media attention.

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2ID Doc
2ID Doc
3 years ago

I think the MSM either realizes South Korea is a banana republic or applauds what commie moon pie is doing or a combination of both.

J6Junkie
J6Junkie
3 years ago

One of Commie Moon’s greatest acconplishments. Getting rid of his own hand picked prosecutor.

TOK
TOK
3 years ago

I don’t think it’s the Justice Minister being thrown under the bus. More like the Justice Minister telling the President politely, that she has done her part to implement his campaign promise of reforming the prosecution and now wants some time off without all the stress of dealing with the Prosecutor General.

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