Kim Min-seok "Change the logic and target to attack the president... Criticism must also be done while doing its job."

President Lee's message criticized by hardliners in the ruling party was "aware of the problem of rationality"

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Gyeong-jun = Kim Min-seok, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, pointed out on the 12th about the ongoing criticism within the ruling party over the prosecution reform and the appointment of Kim Ji-yong, the candidate for the head of the Serious Crimes Investigation Office, saying, "There has been criticism of constantly leading the president or the party as the logic and targets change."

Representative Kim said this while appearing on the Democratic Party's YouTube channel 'Minty 07' and responding to a question asking for his opinion on President Lee Jae-myung's post on X (formerly Twitter) on the 9th.

In the article, President Lee said, "Pure radicalism may be a problem, but the problem is that you demand a big position when you don't have the ability, and when you try to do personnel matters and national policy as you wish, and that doesn't work, you use radical reform as a justification for an internal attack."

This was interpreted as targeting Gyeonggi Governor Choo Mi-ae, Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Yong-min, and Gwangju Regional Central Investigation Agency Director Lim Eun-jeong, who strongly opposed the prosecution reform process.

Regarding President Lee's message, Representative Kim said, "The President values ​​rationality and is open to criticism, but hasn't he continued to express a critical awareness of rationality? I think frustration is the biggest underlying factor."

He continued, "(Criticism) should be done in the most appropriate way while doing one's job in accordance with the position and role, but it is an overall awareness of the problem of expressing it in an inappropriate way that appears to lack concentration."

Regarding Minister of the Interior and Safety Yun Ho-jung's order to inspect Commissioner Lim, who has been criticizing Candidate Kim's appointment, Representative Kim said, "I've been asked so many times, 'Why on earth are you leaving (Director Lim) alone?'"

Representative Kim emphasized, “The ruling party can sufficiently raise issues internally, and it would be better for public officials to raise such issues in a different way,” adding, “It is better to focus on the work they do.”

It is interpreted that Commissioner Lim went too far and criticized the government on issues that were beyond the scope of his duties.