The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 74

Storm (4)

“Why was Kwon Jae-cheol impeached?”

“We are going to take a closer look at why President Kwon Jae-cheol is being impeached. President Kwon Jae-cheol’s impeachment motion has been initiated on a total of six charges: abuse of power, obstruction of the exercise of rights, coercion, bribery, third-party bribery, attempted coercion, and disclosure of official secrets. The starting point of the impeachment was Prosecutor General Moon Gyeong-soo’s confession of conscience. The fact that it was Prosecutor General Moon Gyeong-soo, whom President Kwon Jae-cheol appointed, surprised many people. He said that he revealed this fact to the media because he felt a pang of conscience because the things he had done under pressure from President Kwon Jae-cheol were things that he could not do as a prosecutor. ……(omitted)…… The world’s media is focused on how the third impeachment in Korean history will end.”

-QS Ilbo Reporter Lee Jun-hee

“Can you tell me how it’s going?”

Yun Seol-ha asked cautiously.

“Even if it’s a confession of conscience, it doesn’t seem like it’s worth giving up the position of Prosecutor General……”

She must have been asking because she couldn’t bear it any longer.

Unlike me, who is on the inside, she was an investigator, so there was no way she could know the details.

However, Yun Seol-ha is my person who I will continue to work with.

It would be helpful to me if she knew all of these things.

I slowly started to tell the story.

“Please refrain from telling other investigators.”

“Of course.”

I could feel a strong sense of trust in her light smile.

“The impeachment would have proceeded even if it wasn’t for the Prosecutor General.”

“So it was a political impeachment.”

“That’s right. The Daehan Party and the Minguk Party joined forces.”

Combining the Daehan Party and the Minguk Party accounts for nearly 90% of the parliamentary seats.

When they unite, it means that they can control any topic or bill in Korea as they want.

The same was true for the presidential impeachment.

Yun Seol-ha couldn’t hide her surprise after hearing the story.

“The Daehan Party joined forces too?”

“Yes. Kwon Jae-cheol is from the Daehan Party, but they decided that if they left the approval ratings that had fallen due to the FTA [Free Trade Agreement] as they were, the Daehan Party would not survive in the next general election and presidential election.”

The president’s approval rating means the approval rating of the party.

Until recently, President Kwon Jae-cheol’s approval rating was in the low 10% range.

Considering the 21st general election in 2020 next year, the Daehan Party also needed a change.

In that situation, Kwon Jae-cheol made an unreasonable move, and the Minguk Party seized the opportunity to rise to the ruling party.

The two parties had different goals, but they were able to unite because their means coincided with the impeachment of the president.

In the end, the Daehan Party and the Minguk Party joined hands and decided to oust the president.

“In this situation, could the Prosecutor General stay still?”

The position of Prosecutor General is a position appointed by the President.

In other words, the Prosecutor General will also be beheaded the moment Kwon Jae-cheol is impeached.

In that situation, the Prosecutor General chose to blend in with them rather than resist unjust politics.

I would have made that choice too.

Because justice doesn’t feed you.

The Daehan Party and the Minguk Party also made a deal with the Prosecutor General because if the Prosecutor General, not any other figure, came forward, drew his sword, and struck his master, the credibility would increase, the impeachment would be added to, and public opinion would be captured.

Regardless of which presidential candidate from either side becomes president, Moon Gyeong-soo, the current Prosecutor General, will be appointed as the Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs [a high-ranking presidential advisor].

As the interests of the Daehan Party, the Minguk Party, and Prosecutor General Moon Gyeong-soo aligned, the impeachment proceeded in an instant.

Kwon Jae-cheol’s approval ratings, which were already declining, collapsed to the 10% level and are now hitting rock bottom, and the impeachment is as good as confirmed.

The sword of prosecutorial reform that Kwon Jae-cheol drew returned to him as a double-edged sword and cut off his own head.

Yun Seol-ha couldn’t help but be shocked after hearing the details.

“It’s completely political.”

“That’s right. This world runs on the word ‘interests’.”

She shook her head as if the shock hadn’t worn off yet.

“Even if he was promised the position of Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs, it’s still surprising that he would strike the president who appointed him.”

“Prosecutor General Moon Gyeong-soo was already stimulated by the card of prosecutorial reform, so it would have been easier for the Daehan Party and the Minguk Party to seduce him.”

“I see.”

Yun Seol-ha slowly nodded her head.

Then, she put her hands together and carefully looked at my face.

“I’m worried.”

“About what?”

“I’m worried that you might get caught up in such politics later on.”

“I’ve already been caught up in it.”

I smiled.

“I’m the one standing in the eye of that political storm.”

She widened her eyes and then nodded her head.

“Well, you’re the one who creates that storm.”

“Seol-ha, you have to be prepared too. You’re going to be with me for the rest of your life, right?”

“Of course. I’ll go with you to heaven or hell.”

Yun Seol-ha smiled brightly.

“Of course, it would be better if it were heaven.”

“Let’s cheer up. Before that, we have to get rid of Chief Kang Hyeon-soo first.”

We shouted fighting and started working in earnest.

“Have you checked all the data?”

“Yes. This video footage is so clear that Chief Kang Hyeon-soo won’t be able to deny it. The same goes for the chiefs of the Financial Crime Division and the Economic Crime Investigation Division.”

“Contact the investigators from the Inspection Department to prepare for the warrant request, and the warrant will be requested and released to the media exactly next Tuesday.”

“When should we prepare for the press conference?”

“Ah, we’re proceeding without a press conference this time.”

Yun Seol-ha widened her eyes.

“Then how are you going to proceed?”

“There’s someone else who will break this case.”

I winked at her.

***

“Hello, Chief.”

“Wow, it’s been a while, Prosecutor.”

Chief Kang Won-tae of Political District 1 bowed his head to me and shook my hand with both hands.

“How have you been?”

“With the current situation, what can a prosecutor do? I’m struggling to survive.”

“Come on, our Prosecutor Choi is saying weak things.”

He laughed and carefully lowered his voice.

“The fact that you came here in person, Prosecutor, means that it’s finally time to detonate the case you’ve been keeping?”

“That’s right.”

I smiled brightly.

“Before it rots away, it needs to see the light of day.”

“It seems like a very good timing. The impeachment itself started with the prosecutorial reform card, so there is a lot of interest in the prosecution.”

“Yes. The shock of the impeachment is slowly fading, but the media is still shouting about the impeachment, so if we detonate it now, it will be a fresh stimulus.”

“Yes, then I’ll call the reporter in charge first.”

Chief Kang Won-tae picked up the phone on the table and said briefly, “Come in.”

The reason why I proceeded with Political District 1 instead of WK Ilbo’s reporter Park Soo-hyung for this case is one.

It was Political District 1 that paid Wolhyang, who filmed the bribery scene between three chief prosecutors, including Chief Kang Hyeon-soo, and the vice president of SL Group.

Unfortunately, reporter Bae Jin-soo, who worked with me, passed away, but there was no harm in maintaining a relationship with Political District 1.

Above all, this case was started in collaboration with Political District 1 from the beginning, so it was only natural to work with them.

Even if it’s not a specific reporter, if I maintain a good relationship with the media outlet Political District 1 itself, there will definitely be times when I can benefit from it later.

Of course, Chief Kang Won-tae seems to have already turned to my side.

Soon, there was a knock and a woman came in politely greeting.

“Hello, this is Im Yu-na.”

“This is Choi Seo-joon.”

I was a little worried that she was a woman, but I was immediately relieved.

Eyes.

Sharp light like a wildcat was emanating from her eyes.

It was a similar look to what I saw when I first met Yun Seol-ha.

Just by looking at her, I could feel her tenacious spirit, which is perfect for a reporter.

I felt like we would get along well for some reason.

Kang Won-tae, who was in the middle, smiled slyly.

“This friend’s guts are better than those of male reporters. I don’t think there will be any shortcomings in working with you, Prosecutor.”

“Oh, is that so?”

I reached out my hand to her.

“Let’s do well together.”

“I look forward to working with you.”

Reporter Im Yu-na shook my hand with a confident smile.

I had a feeling that I would get along very well with her.

***

I was working when I heard a knock.

“Yes, come in.”

“Hey, is our Deputy Chief Choi busy?”

For some reason, Chief Prosecutor Kang Hyeon-soo came to my office.

“What’s going on?”

I naturally got up to greet him, and Yun Seol-ha, who was looking at his corruption documents, cleverly covered the documents and slyly moved the documents on my table to the side.

If Kang Hyeon-soo saw it, he would definitely cause a commotion.

“I heard that you’re working on something with the Inspection Department again, so I was wondering what’s going on.”

The prosecutors in the High Prosecutors’ Office must have seen me going to the Inspection Department a few times.

“You’re not going back and forth because there’s a problem with me, are you?”

Looking at his expression, it seemed like he was hoping that I was going to the Inspection Department because there was a problem with me.

I calmly shook my head.

“No, it’s not.”

“Is that so? Then never mind.”

He put his hands behind his back and scanned the office.

“This place is really clean. It looks like you clean it every day.”

He stopped in front of me and asked.

“It’s nothing else, but I was wondering who you’re thinking of as a presidential candidate this time.”

I wondered what was going on, but it seems like he came to probe me.

He must be very curious about which side I’m going to be on.

Buzz, buzz.

At that time, my cell phone vibrated.

“Just a moment.”

Two text messages arrived at the same time.

-From: Song Hyeon-seong

-I requested warrants for Chief Kang Hyeon-soo and all related parties. They said they would issue the warrant within an hour, so let’s meet at the Central District Prosecutors’ Office in a bit.

-From: Reporter Im Yu-na

-The article is up now. I’ll attach the link.

The timing is amazing.

When I quickly checked the Internet, Political District 1 was pushing out the impeachment article and filling the front page of the main portal.

I quickly turned off my cell phone screen and opened my mouth.

“You asked me who I’m thinking of as a presidential candidate, right?”

“Yeah. We should start lining up now, right?”

“I don’t think you need to care about who I’m going to line up with……”

“You?”

He asked back as if he doubted his ears.

“Did you just say ‘you’?”

“No, to be exact, I don’t think you need to worry about who gets elected.”