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People Power Party calls President Lee’s reshuffle a backward step for livelihoods and a left-wing mishmash
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- South Korea’s People Power Party criticized President Lee Jae Myung’s reshuffle of six government ministries as contrary to public opinion.
- Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok accused Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won of leading efforts to cancel prosecutions and remove the crime of breach of trust.
- Jang said the nominee was committed to canceling trials despite public opposition.
South Korea’s People Power Party attacked President Lee Jae Myung’s reshuffle of six government ministries, describing it as a move in the opposite direction from public sentiment.
A reshuffle that goes backward against public sentiment, directly opposite to the will of the people.
Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok made the criticism at a meeting of senior party officials on Aug. 31. He singled out Kim Seung-won, the nominee for justice minister.
He is the person leading the cancellation of prosecutions and the deletion of the crime of breach of trust.
Jang accused Kim of leading efforts to cancel prosecutions and delete the crime of breach of trust. He said the nominee was determined to pursue the cancellation of trials even if the public opposed it.
No matter how much the people oppose it, he is all-in on canceling trials.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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