As South Korea's general election approaches on April 10th, Cho Kuk, a close aide to former President Moon Jae-in, has been nicknamed the "onion man" due to constant suspicions. Director (
Last month, the Minister of Justice announced the formation of a new party. According to a survey conducted by Yonhap News, the ``Fatherland Revolution Party'' founded by Mr. Cho has the most support among the new parties known as the third party.
I understand. Cho was appointed Minister of Justice by then-President Moon in September 2019. He was selected in hopes of reforming the prosecutor's office and breaking down vested interests. However, his daughters and sons were unfairly admitted to prestigious universities.
Suspicions have surfaced that he was enrolling the student. He was forced to resign after just one month. Afterwards, various suspicions were raised against Mr. Cho, and at the time, even if he pursued him, the suspicions continued, so he was called the ``onion man''.
” he yelled. Prosecutors indicted Cho, but the investigative team was led by current President Yoon Seo-gyeol, who was the prosecutor general at the time. Mr. Yoon is former President Park Geun-hye.
His ability to thoroughly investigate bribery cases involving President Lee Myung-bak and former President Lee Myung-bak was praised by then-President Moon, and he was selected as the top prosecutor, the prosecutor general, in 2019. but
, Yin gradually became at odds with the Moon administration after pursuing allegations against Cho, and Yoon resigned as attorney general in March 2021. However, the appearance of confronting the government head-on won the support of the people.
Marcos Benjamin Lee was called upon to enter politics. Yun ran for president and won. In May 2022, he was inaugurated as the 20th president.
Meanwhile, Mr. Cho was tried on charges of forgery and use of official documents related to the fraudulent admission of his daughter and son, as well as charges of obstruction of business.
It was put on. On the 8th of last month, the Seoul High Court handed down a judgment upholding the lower court's verdict, which sentenced him to two years in prison and a surcharge of 6 million won (approximately 670,000 yen). Mr. Cho has indicated his intention to appeal.
On the 13th of last month, Cho announced his intention to form a new party in preparation for the April 10th general election. At a press conference, he said, ``I will be at the forefront of the fight to end the incompetent prosecutorial dictatorship.'' Then the party name
has been decided on the ``Fatherland Revolution Party.'' The Korean word for ``homeland'' is ``cheoguk,'' which is the same as Cho's name. Mr. Cho's side initially wanted to name the party the ``Cho Guo New Party,'' using Mr. Cho's own name.
direction. However, the Central Election Commission did not approve of this, so it was decided to change the word ``Zhuanguko'' to ``motherland'' and name it the ``Fatherland Reform Party,'' which also included the word ``innovation.''
A party convention was held on the 3rd of this month, and Cho once again called for an early end to the Yun Seok-yeo prosecutorial dictatorship, and set a goal of securing 10 seats in the general election.
It turns out that the ``Fatherland Revolution Party'' currently has the most support among the new parties known as the third party. Yonhap News reported that from the 2nd to the 3rd of this month,
When 1,000 men and women were asked which political party they would vote for, 3% of them answered ``Homeland Reform Party'', and 3% of them answered ``Reform Party'', which was formed by Lee Jun-seok of the ruling party ``People's Power''. New Party” (2
%) and ``New Future'' (1%), which was launched by former leader Lee Na-kyung of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan. Under these circumstances, Mr. Cho was asked by Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea.
They decided to form an ``Anti-Yin (Anti-Yin Seok-yue) Front'' and strengthen their cooperation in the run-up to the general election. Mr. Lee said, ``In this general election, all the political forces that oppose and try to judge the Yun administration will be strong.
must be matched. The ``Fatherland Revolution Party'' is also among them.'' However, these moves have also been criticized. As mentioned above, Mr. Cho is currently on trial. Mr. Lee also
He is on trial on charges of breach of trust and other charges related to urban development when he was mayor of Seongnam, a suburb of Ulu. The Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo said in an editorial on the 6th, ``Both are party representatives and criminal suspects.''
He added, ``The very scene where such people meet as representatives of both parties shows how abnormal the current South Korean opposition party is.'' On top of that, the newspaper said, ``How good are these two people?''
However, in the end, it means that they want to use the election to exonerate individuals for their wrongdoings and continue to hold onto power."
Mr. Cho's establishment of the ``Fatherland Revolution Party'' and Mr. Cho and Representative Lee of the ``Democratic Party''
It will be interesting to see what kind of impact this collaboration will have on the April general election.
2024/03/08 17:53 KST
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