President Lee Jae Myung determined to just accept the resignation of Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Jeon Jae-soo on Dec. 11. Minister Jeon, who confronted allegations of receiving cash from the Unification Church, submitted his sudden resignation on at the present time. The president introduced his intention to just accept the resignation lower than half a day after the resignation was submitted.
The presidential workplace introduced by a textual content notification underneath the spokesperson’s workplace identify, “President Lee Jae Myung plans to just accept Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Jeon Jae-soo’s resignation. The resignation can be processed based on procedures.” Earlier, Jeon, who had traveled to the US to draw the UN Ocean Convention, met with reporters on his return journey by Incheon Worldwide Airport and introduced his resignation, stating, “It’s the correct conduct of a public official to step down from the ministerial place and reply with dignity.”
Jeon stated, “That is an absurd however utterly groundless controversy associated to me” and “the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, or the Lee Jae Myung administration, should not be shaken.” He continued, “Though that is primarily based on false information, I feel it could be acceptable for me to step down from the place of minister of oceans and fisheries in order that we will work with out disruption.”
Particularly, he emphasised, “There was completely no unlawful receipt of cash” and “Whether or not by future investigations or varied complete issues, this can be clarified to the general public or revealed by press conferences.” He added, “I used to be involved that there is likely to be room for misunderstanding that stepping down from the ministerial place means admitting (the allegations)” and “I’m expressing my resignation as a manifestation of my will to cope with the issue extra responsibly and with dignity.”
