Source: China News Network
On March 10, local time, according to South Korean media reports, data released by the Central Election Management Commission of South Korea showed that Yoon Seok-yue, the presidential candidate of South Korea's largest opposition party, the National Power Party, was successfully elected as the new president. How will the former "sword-bearer" of the procuratorial system, as a newcomer to politics, take up the burden of the president?
The "sword bearer" of the procuratorial system:
Sending two former presidents to jail
Born in 1960, Yoon Seok-yue graduated from seoul national university law faculty and served as director of the Seoul Central District Attorney General and Prosecutor General of The Republic of Korea. "Prosecutor" is the most obvious label on him.
In November 2020, in a poll about presidential candidates, Yin Xiyue, then the prosecutor general, had 24.7 percent support, shocking many by suddenly surpassing all other candidates on both sides.
Data chart: Yin Xiyue
In fact, many of Yoon Seok-yue's well-known deeds are related to the former president of South Korea.
In 2016, he served as the head of the special prosecutorial team of "Cronies Interfering in Politics", arresting former presidents Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil and Lee Jae-yong, vice president of Samsung Electronics.
In the course of investigating the corruption case of former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Yoon Seok-yue also took command and sent Lee Myung-bak to prison. He won the trust of the Blue House by actively liquidating the accumulated shortcomings and was promoted all the way to the position of prosecutor general.
However, as Yoon Seok-yue embarks on an investigation into former justice minister Cao Guo, rifts also begin to emerge in his relationship with the government and the ruling party. Since then, with the inauguration of former Minister of Justice Akimi Ai, the right to investigate and command Yin Xiyue, and the transfer of him to the Disciplinary Committee, there has been an unprecedented contradiction between the two sides.
On June 29, 2021, 117 days after resigning as Attorney General, Yoon Seok-yue held a press conference in Seoul to officially announce his candidacy for president. He promised to re-establish the just values of the rule of law, the times and generations.
Inexperienced "newcomers to politics":
Facing multiple crises
If Yin Xiyue is the "sword bearer" of the procuratorial system, then his experience in the activities of political parties is slightly thin. Yin Xiyue, who lacks political experience, has aroused a lot of criticism.
He once said in an interview that if he came to power, he would investigate and liquidate the shortcomings of the Moon Jae-in regime. In response, Moon expressed strong anger and demanded an apology.
Source: Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in said Yoon Seok-wook had to answer "whether he pretended not to see the shortcomings of the current government when he was the chief prosecutor and prosecutor general of the Central District Prosecutor's Office of South Korea, or whether he created a problem of accumulating defects out of thin air."
South Korean media said that Moon Jae-in, who has always adhered to "neutrality" on the eve of the South Korean election, personally stated his position this time is very rare. This incident also became a hot topic for a while.
On the other hand, South Korean politics has a long tradition of being dragged down by "people around him", and his wife has been accused of falsifying her resume and her mother-in-law has been sentenced for forging a passbook balance certificate, which has caused Yoon Seok-yue's "righteous" personality to collapse suddenly.
Some analysts pointed out that Yin Xiyue's tough and radical remarks on sensitive and major diplomatic issues also exposed his team's shortcomings in the diplomatic field.
At the end of his 27-year career as a prosecutor, party officials told Mr. Yin, "You've seized the moment when the stars shine and the opportunity to challenge the next presidential election has arrived." And this time, when Yin Xiyue, who has been "struggling" with the president, becomes president himself, can he seize the moment when the stars shine again? (End)