▲President Yoon Seok-yeol and First Lady Kim Kun-hee. ⓒYonhap News
After the ruling party’s crushing defeat in the general election, conservative media criticism of President Yoon Seok-yeol has been fierce. In particular, Chosun Ilbo’s tone is attracting attention. Chosun Ilbo <윤 대통령이 직접 참패 입장 밝히고 국민 불안 해소하길>In an editorial of the 13th entitled: “The result of these general elections was a crushing defeat for the ruling party, which came close to impeaching the government”, the word “impeachment” was even mentioned. This is interpreted to mean that the current situation is so serious that it is reminiscent of the impeachment phase of late 2016, when the conservative camp was on the verge of collapse.
The newspaper said: “As soon as the 22nd National Assembly begins, the opposition party is ready to push for the Special Prosecutor Law to address external pressure on the investigation into the case of Corporal Chae and various suspects linked to First Lady Kim Kun -hee. “Even some elected officials from the People Power Party recognize the need,” she said. “I hope the president will honestly state his position on these incidents and apologize if necessary, before the discussion of the special investigation begins in earnest.” It appears that active changes are being ordered to prevent the possibility of the current situation leading to an uncontrollable situation such as the actual impeachment of the president.
The Chosun Ilbo said: “The fact that the ruling party’s leader changed five times in less than two years after winning the presidential election was almost entirely due to President Yoon. “This kind of relationship between the party and the government that goes beyond common sense cannot continue any longer,” he said, adding: “The president’s position on this must also be expressed.” Furthermore, “President Yoon has not held a press conference since his centenary in office in August 2022. “This is probably something rare among leaders of democratic countries in the world,” he criticized and ordered to be asked uncomfortable questions by journalists.
The Chosun Ilbo said: “Many people are concerned about whether the president, who has more than three years left in office, will be able to adequately lead national affairs,” and added: “More than anything, the key is whether the arrogance and lack of hypocrisy that has been pointed out as President Yoon’s problem can be changed.” The newspaper told President Yoon, “I hope he will appear in front of the public and candidly express his thoughts on any issues the public is curious about, including issues raised by him and his wife.” This means that a recorded conversation with KBS that leaves only a “small bag” should not be carried out.
▲President Yoon Seok-yeol. ⓒOffice of the President
Jeong-ho Yoon, host of TV Chosun, also said in the main news program “Anchor Column Today” on the 12th: “I hope you will refrain from one-sided speeches or remarks during the cabinet meeting. Please apologize sincerely and reveal your thoughts, but do not elaborate. “It would be nice to have two-way communication with the media participating on behalf of the people,” he said, adding: “The so-called ‘mouth block’ symbolizes a state administration in which the avenues for speech and speech are clogged.” He stressed: “Now that we have become the worst minority party in power, let alone a majority party, there is only one path forward for the president: transformation.”
Meanwhile, Yang Sang-hoon, editor-in-chief of the Chosun Ilbo, <윤 대통령 부부, 모든 문제의 시작과 끝>In an article dated 12 titled: “It was clearly stated that President Yoon and his wife were responsible for the crushing defeat in the general election.” Editor-in-chief Yang said: “President Yoon has dismantled his own electoral coalition that brought him victory in the presidential election. If President Yoon had created powerful allies by giving preferential treatment to Lee Jun-seok, Yoo Seung-min, Ahn Cheol-soo and Na Kyung-won after taking office, if he had immediately apologized for the stock market incident Dior who implicated First Lady Kim Kun-hee and promised to conduct a special investigation into the Deutsche Motors case after the general election if he let former Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop into Australia “If we hadn’t caught the unreasonable decision to appoint an ambassador, the Front The headline of yesterday’s newspaper page could have been ‘People Power Party No. 1, Lee Jae-myung’s country in crisis,'” he said, adding: “In the end, all problems are President Yoon’s, or more precisely, President Yoon’s and his wife’s.”
Editor-in-chief Yang Sang-hoon said, “It is symbolic that Lee Jun-seok, Ahn Cheol-soo and Na Kyung-won, whom President Yoon hated and rejected so much, were elected in this election, as was Choo Mi- ae, who was ridiculed for going on maternity leave after starting President Yoon’s government, and Cho Kuk, synonymous with naivety. In both the ruling and opposition parties, those who opposed President Yoon managed to achieve a comeback that seemed difficult. “This shows that the beginning and end of all problems is President Yoon,” he said, once again emphasizing that President Yoon was the cause of the ruling party’s crushing defeat. Editor-in-chief Yang also said, “There are probably more than a dozen people in the People Power Party who are emotionally opposed to President Yoon and his wife and sympathize with Special Prosecutor Kim Kun-hee.”
Editorials and columns like these are in fact a warning that if President Yoon does not radically change, he may follow the path of former President Park Geun-hye, and the conservative camp may shift all responsibility to President Yoon and seek the next step to to survive. . In an editorial on the 13th, the Chosun Ilbo said: “Senior party and government officials, including the Prime Minister, the President’s Chief of Staff and the leader of the People Power Party, have all expressed their intention to resign. “The people will judge the sincerity of the president by seeing who is entrusted with this office,” he said.
▲President Yoon Seok-yeol and former Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission Lee Dong-kwan. ⓒYonhap News
Meanwhile, there is controversy as former Chairman Lee Dong-kwan of the Korea Communications Commission was named successor to Chief of Staff Hama-pyeong through media reports. Kang Seon-woo, spokesman for the Democratic Party of Korea, said on the 12th: “No matter how many people there are, trying to use former President Lee Dong-kwan’s card as a ‘media control engineer’ is a ‘statement of war on the people’ that we will fight with the people until the end.” Spokesman Kang Seon-woo said, “It is shocking in itself that former President Lee Dong-gwan is listed as the new chief of staff.” the “rod of judgment for the regime” will be the “iron club to end the regime”. “It will be,” he said.
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