In 2002, Roh Moo-hyun changed from a nobody to a strong competitor and finally won the presidential election, thanks to his political sense. At that time, people were full of anger and disappointment at political degeneration and corruption, and Roh Moo-hyun succeeded in focusing everyone's expectations on himself. At that time, Roh Moo-hyun lashed out at the political circle, saying that "you are a privileged class full of corruption", and at the same time launched the "piggy bank of hope" activity, which staged a good show of using people's transparent money to engage in politics.
In February 2003, he said at the inauguration ceremony of the president: "The era of accommodating irregularities and corruption is over. I hope that social leaders will reflect deeply. " At the New Year's press conference held in June 5438+ 10, 2007, he also said: "There have been rumors about secret funds and bribery more than once in political circles, but fortunately the conclusion is innocent." Some scholars also define Roh Moo-hyun's five-year regime as "an era of clean government".
However, under the investigation of the prosecution, the clean Roh Moo-hyun era is not clean, and the impact on the Korean people can be imagined. In fact, at the beginning of Park Won soon's investigation, many people in the society speculated that Roh Moo-hyun might be the object of investigation. Because Genji is a well-known supporter of Roh Moo-hyun, and according to Korean practice, some large-scale bribery cases of political funds often surfaced during the alternation of successive regimes. As soon as Roh Moo-hyun took office, he began to search the election funds of his rival, the presidential candidate of the Grand National Party, and now the president of the Liberal Progressive Party, and then investigated Kim Dae-jung, who handed over power, so that several of Kim Dae-jung's cronies were arrested and imprisoned.
During the 20 years from Quan Douhuan to Roh Moo-hyun, it is not uncommon for South Korean presidents to be punished for taking bribes. Quan Douhuan's younger brother and second son, Jin Yongsan's second son, and Kim Dae-jung's three sons have all been dealt with by the judicial authorities for accepting bribes and violating the law, and now it has even evolved to the point where Roh Moo-hyun, his wife and son are subject to investigation by the prosecution. Some South Korean political commentators have publicly called for the government, Congress and people to have an open and formal discussion on what the president, his family and relatives can do to avoid corruption and illegal incidents after the judicial proceedings against Roh Moo-hyun's family are over. Now it's time to find a way to eradicate Korea's chronic disease-the "presidential cycle".