S. Korea's Minister of Justice, Cho Kuk, stepped down from his position. (Image via UPI.com)

Ironic, S. Korea’s Justice Minister to step down over family's financial scandals

Alfonsus Adi Putra
Politics & Economic
Politics
Oct 14, 2019
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Recently appointed in September, South Korea’s (S. Korea) Minister of Justice, Cho Kuk, resigned on Monday due to allegations of financial scandals by his family is a dead weight to the S. Korean government.

Cho Kuk was officially appointed as Minister of Justice by President of S. Korea, Moon Jae-in, on 9 September. He lasted more than a month, leading the reformation of the prosecutor’s office. Reforming the prosecutor’s office, Cho Kuk brought the idea to close down some investigative units due to recklessly operating without proper oversight.

However, the appointment of Cho Kuk triggered protests after the prosecutor probed into Cho Kuk’s financial background. S. Korean people questioned President Moon’s commitment to reform the prosecutor’s office after appointing Cho Kuk, whose financial background reeked of problems.

When about 2,500 people were asked whether they were satisfied by President Moon’s governance, the majority of 56% said that they were dissatisfied, especially by the Cho Kuk’s case.

Resigning from his duty, Cho Kuk said that he did not want to burden President Moon because of his “family’s affairs”. Cho added that by his resignation, the reformation of the prosecutor’s office would be ”completed”.

When asked whether the resignation was due to pressure, Chief Political Advisor for President Moon, Kang Gi-jung, said that the resignation was under Cho’s own will. Regarding the protest, during the meeting with his senior senators on Monday, President Moon apologized for bringing division upon his people.

Source: https://reut.rs/35BDTam

Politics , Asia , S.Korea , Scandal , Cho-Kuk , Moon-Jae-in