“In the past, the Office of Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs conducted personal information fraud under the guise of Sepyeong verification”… When he was elected, he announced the abolition of the Office of Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs on his first day of work.

by times news cr

2024-05-08 09:51:39

On March 29, 2022, when President Yoon Seok-yeol was the elected president, he was entering the office of the 20th Presidential Transition Committee located at the Financial Supervisory Service Training Center in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu. 2022.3.29 News 1

“In the past, the Office of the Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs, which controlled the assessment agency, often controlled political opponents and political opponents under the guise of legality.”

President Yoon Seok-yeol first went to work at the Office of the Presidential Transition Committee in March 2022, when he was elected president, and promised, “From now on, we will completely exclude the assessment and information investigation functions from the work of the Presidential Office and abolish the Office of Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs.” Even during his presidential candidacy, President Yoon repeatedly announced his policy of abolishing the Office of Chief Civil Affairs.

During his first day on the job, President Yoon said, “We have been conducting personal information and background investigations on citizens under the guise of verifying Sepyeong, and we will eliminate these remnants.” He also said, “There cannot be a so-called ‘Sajik-dong team.’” The Sajik-dong team is a police information line that reported to the Blue House during the Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung administrations while investigating the Blue House.

The Blue House attempted to differentiate itself from the previous administrations in which the assessment agency was in charge, and the transition committee at the time said, “This reflects the intention that the president, who has been entrusted with power by the people, should focus solely on national security and the people’s livelihood in accordance with the authority established by the Constitution and laws.” “It is,” he explained.

In an interview with the Dong-A Ilbo in December 2021, when he was a presidential candidate, President Yoon was asked, ‘If the Office of Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs is abolished, how will corruption in close associates and family members be prevented?’ “Has the Senior Secretary to the Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs ever caught and investigated corruption among those in power? does not exist. He also expressed doubts about the function of the Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs Office, saying, “Currently, the Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs is not doing a good job of suppressing (corruption of close associates).”

President Yoon is said to have been aware of the problem of information collected by the Civil Affairs Line being used in state administration while investigating cases related to the Office of Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs during his time as a prosecutor. An official from the ruling party said, “President Yoon had a strong intention to exclude the Civil Administration Line from running state affairs.”


Reporter Kim Jun-il jikim@donga.com

#Office of Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs#Past remarks by the President

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