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Row over reshuffle
President hit for sidelining senior presidential secretary
President Moon Jae-in should be held accountable for the unilateral reshuffling of senior prosecutors without having any consultations with Shin Hyun-soo, the senior presidential secretary for civil affairs. It is embarrassing to know that Shin has repeatedly offered to resign to protest the reshuffle, which Moon has rejected each time. But Shin must have felt that he was sidelined in the decision-making process.
The President has the right to appoint and reshuffle prosecutors at the recommendation of the justice minister. Yet the senior civil affairs secretary has traditionally played a key role in the prosecution s personnel affairs. In this regard, it is difficult to understand why Moon disregarded him in conducting a small-scale reshuffle of senior prosecutors, Feb. 7.