Chief Presidential Secretary Jeong Jin-seok and All Senior Officials Resign... "Protest Against Constitutional Court Justice Appointment"

Responsibility for Martial Law Situation and Yoon Impeachment Resolution Passage
Choi Sang-mok Acting Chief Repeatedly Offers Resignation

Acting President and Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok, who is also the Minister of Economy and Finance, visited the National Seoul National Cemetery on January 1, the first day of the new year 2025, and after paying respects at the Memorial Tower, he moved while conversing with Chief Presidential Secretary Jeong Jin-seok.
The Presidential Office announced on the same day that Chief Presidential Secretary Jeong Jin-seok, Policy Chief Seong Tae-yoon, National Security Chief Shin Won-sik, Foreign and Security Special Advisor Jang Ho-jin, and all senior secretaries expressed their resignation to Acting President Choi. Photo by Yonhap News

All senior secretaries and above, including Chung Jin-seok, Chief Secretary to the President, tendered their resignations on the 1st to Choi Sang-mok, Acting President and Deputy Prime Minister for Economy as well as Minister of Strategy and Finance.

A presidential office official stated in a notice to the press corps that "all chiefs of the Presidential Secretariat, Policy Office, and Security Office, as well as the Special Advisors on Foreign Affairs and Security and all senior secretaries, repeatedly expressed their resignations to Acting President Choi."

The resignation of the entire staff on this day is interpreted as a protest against Acting President Choi's appointment of Jeong Gye-seon and Jo Han-chang as Constitutional Court justices the previous day.

The presidential office expressed deep regret, viewing Acting President Choi's appointment of Constitutional Court justices as exceeding his authority.

It is known that all senior secretaries and above in the presidential office have taken responsibility for the emergency martial law situation and the passage of the impeachment motion against President Yoon Seok-yeol, and have been tendering their resignations since the Han Deok-soo acting president system was established.