Ruling Party to Hold Confirmation Hearing Next Week for ROK Justice Minister Despite Corruption Allegations
It looks like President Moon is committed to ramming through his Justice Minister nomination despite the corruption allegations against him:
A parliamentary panel decided Monday to hold a confirmation hearing next week for justice minister nominee Cho Kuk, who faces snowballing corruption allegations involving his family.
Political parties agreed to hold the two-day hearing on Sept. 2-3, according to lawmakers sitting on the legislation and judiciary committee.
The last-minute deal was reached after the ruling party threatened to hold a “people’s hearing” Tuesday where Cho could clarify allegations to the public.
Public uproar mounted over his qualifications amid a series of scandals ranging from illicit college admission allegations about Cho’s daughter and his family’s dubious investment in a private equity fund (PEF) and other corruption allegations.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but the ramming through of yet another government official with corruption allegations against them continues to show the hypocrisy of the Moon administration that came to power vowing to fight for a “fair and just society”:
President Moon Jae-in said “there is a saying that corruption turns everything into naught. we must fight corruption in order to realize a fair and just society.” And he also added that “over the past several years, the power squeezed the livelihood of the people through unjust and corruptive ways and wasted the people’s tax money as if their own while executing state powers, thereby routinizing cheating and special privileges in our society.
Cheongwadae, Sept. 2017
It seems the Moon administration is just more Korean governmental business as usual.
Koreans are getting exactly what they let happen and continue to allow.
Flyingsword, you’re so right. Seoul is going to look like Pyongyang (i.e., no cars, empty hotels, bronze statues, starving people) in 5 years.
Unless something changes.
I think Moon might love Cho Kuk even more than Fatty III.
Actually commie moon pie is smart. If you bring in a justice minister this corrupt, there is no way he can stand up for anything commie moon pie pulls off through his corruption. Any guesses on how much money he’s funneled to his kid living outside the ROK? This corrupt clown can’t stop him.