Jung Jeom-sik, the floor leader of the People Power Party, emphasized on October 25 that President Lee Jae-myung must overhaul the diplomatic and security teams as a minimum step to restore the damaged trust between South Korea and the United States.
During a press conference at the National Assembly, Jung stated, "If the president neglects personnel changes, it would be an admission that he is the culprit behind the destruction of the US-Korea alliance."
He referenced media reports indicating that National Intelligence Service Director Lee Jong-seok had instructed sharing the status of US-Korea intelligence exchanges with external organizations during recent legal proceedings. Jung warned, "If true, even the limited information sharing could be completely severed." He added, "If the NIS director leaks sensitive information between South Korea and the US, it amounts to deliberately undermining the alliance and constitutes abuse of power as the NIS director."
Jung also strongly criticized Moon Chung-in, a special advisor on diplomacy and security to the Democratic Party, for referring to the US-Korea alliance as a 'curse.' He urged President Lee and the Democratic Party to clarify whether they agree with Moon's statement.
Regarding the Democratic Party's push for a national investigation into Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae, Jung remarked, "This is a ploy to gauge public backlash, and it is more insidious than the impeachment itself." He claimed that the investigation would turn into a 'shaming trial filled with arrogance and shouting,' suggesting that it would be better to proceed with impeachment and have it swiftly dismissed by the Constitutional Court for the sake of the nation.
He asserted that a thorough investigation into the hasty introduction of single-item leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the postponement of the National Pension Service's asset rebalancing is the 'real necessary national investigation for the people.'
Meanwhile, Jung commented on the potential nomination of Democratic Party members Park Kyun-taek and Yang Boo-nam, both former prosecutors, as candidates for Minister of Justice, stating, "It is not yet confirmed, so it is difficult to comment specifically, but I think they were chosen to overcome the crisis in the criminal justice system following the establishment of the Public Prosecution Service."
During a press conference at the National Assembly, Jung stated, "If the president neglects personnel changes, it would be an admission that he is the culprit behind the destruction of the US-Korea alliance."
He referenced media reports indicating that National Intelligence Service Director Lee Jong-seok had instructed sharing the status of US-Korea intelligence exchanges with external organizations during recent legal proceedings. Jung warned, "If true, even the limited information sharing could be completely severed." He added, "If the NIS director leaks sensitive information between South Korea and the US, it amounts to deliberately undermining the alliance and constitutes abuse of power as the NIS director."
Jung also strongly criticized Moon Chung-in, a special advisor on diplomacy and security to the Democratic Party, for referring to the US-Korea alliance as a 'curse.' He urged President Lee and the Democratic Party to clarify whether they agree with Moon's statement.
Regarding the Democratic Party's push for a national investigation into Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae, Jung remarked, "This is a ploy to gauge public backlash, and it is more insidious than the impeachment itself." He claimed that the investigation would turn into a 'shaming trial filled with arrogance and shouting,' suggesting that it would be better to proceed with impeachment and have it swiftly dismissed by the Constitutional Court for the sake of the nation.
He asserted that a thorough investigation into the hasty introduction of single-item leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the postponement of the National Pension Service's asset rebalancing is the 'real necessary national investigation for the people.'
Meanwhile, Jung commented on the potential nomination of Democratic Party members Park Kyun-taek and Yang Boo-nam, both former prosecutors, as candidates for Minister of Justice, stating, "It is not yet confirmed, so it is difficult to comment specifically, but I think they were chosen to overcome the crisis in the criminal justice system following the establishment of the Public Prosecution Service."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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