Cho Kuk and the Homeland Innovation Party: Corruption, Controversy, and Political Ambitions

2024-03-04 18:24:00
Cho Kuk, leader of the Fatherland Innovation Party, is leaving the Seoul National Cemetery in Dongjak-gu, Seoul after visiting the memorial tower on the afternoon of the 4th. /Homeland Innovation Party

Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk became the leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, which was hastily created ahead of the April general election. He said, “For the past five years, I have had to endure a situation where my entire family was slaughtered,” and “we must cross the river of prosecutorial dictatorship.” He was sentenced to two years in prison in the first and second trials on charges of corruption in the entrance exam and neglect of inspection. He was found guilty in six out of seven cases of corruption in the entrance exam, including forging Seoul National University internship certificates. His wife is also serving a four-year prison sentence for corruption in college entrance exams. Mr. Cho was a person who said all kinds of good and right things. The shameless corruption of such a person was revealed. There was bound to be criticism that it was a ‘naeronambul’. Rather than reflecting on his actions, Mr. Cho seems to be a fighter who was unfairly oppressed politically.

Even during the trial, Mr. Cho held a book concert and sold books, and his daughter appeared on various YouTube videos as if she were a celebrity. She also did product advertisements. The court said that the Cho family “caused mental pain to those who tell the truth.” The second trial judge said, “(Mr. Cho’s) apology that does not acknowledge the crime is not serious reflection.”

However, Mr. Cho said, “If the legal explanation is not accepted, we must find a non-legal way to restore our reputation.” The intention is to disobey the judiciary’s judgment and become a member of the National Assembly to receive political immunity. He also added his name to the name of his shrine. He visited the May 18 Cemetery and said, “As I and my family became targets of investigation, I began to understand the pain and anger of the citizens of Gwangju.” This compares the corruption in the entrance exam with the May 18 incident.

The Cho Kuk Party pledged to ‘expand the equal opportunity selection system in university entrance exams, etc.’ A person suspected of corruption in college entrance exams calls for equal opportunity in college entrance exams. There is absolutely no shame about Naeronambul. The person Mr. Cho recruited as the No. 1 talent is someone who had previously resigned as a proportional representation candidate for the Justice Party after being punished for drinking and driving without a license. The new party’s policy committee chairman is Park Won-soon, former chief of staff to Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon. During the sexual harassment case of former Mayor Park’s female employee, the secretary’s office was criticized for causing secondary harm to the victim. It is said that the Cho Kuk Party also receives support in public opinion polls, to the extent that it has a few proportional representation seats. If that actually happens, it will be another example of elections giving impunity to crimes.

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