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| Activists urge Rev. Jun Gwang-hoon, president of the Christian Council of Korea, to step down to take responsibility for his radical statement calling for the impeachment of President Moon Jae-in, in front of Guro Police Station in Seoul. Yonhap |
CCK leader draws criticism from within
By Kang Hyun-kyung
Rev. Jun Gwang-hoon, president of the Christian Council of Korea (CCK), said on Monday he would hold a news conference to rally support from the public to impeach President Moon Jae-in for allegedly spreading communism in South Korea.
In a statement released on Monday for fellow Protestant believers, the pastor said he would unveil his letters for U.S. President Donald Trump and both House and Senate members of the United States.
"I hope each and every one of you can show up to the Press Center in central Seoul tomorrow for my news conference and show your support for me to save this country in peril from the tight grip of communist sympathizers," he said in the statement.
After the news conference, the pastor said he would hold a sit-in rally in front of the foundation in Cheong Wa Dae to put pressure on President Moon to resign from the presidency.
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| A captured image of Rev. Jun Gwang-hoon |
His statement came days after he released a similar strong-worded statement denouncing President Moon for his alleged pro-North Korea policies.
After President Moon took power, Jun claimed communists and North Korea sympathizers had gained the upper hand in South Korea and they took over the nation's major institutions, including the presidential office, the prosecution, the spy agency and the National Assembly.
South Korea is poised to perish as long as he stays in the top job of the government, it read.
The pastor blasted the President for scrapping nuclear power plants and putting forth "income-based economic growth" as a vision for the economy, which he called a nonsensical idea that will lead the country to poverty.
His radical statement drew a slew of criticism from a number of fellow Protestant leaders.
In a radio interview, Rev. Kim In-ki, a CCK spokesman, called for Jun to step down to take responsibility for politicizing the Christian group and causing a stir.
"No one can stop him," Kim said. He said pastor Jun's extremism caused the CCK to be politicized. "Before he took the helm, the CCK was balanced. We had conservative and liberal pastors and they competed to make their voices heard. What happened after Jun is that the CCK has become an extremist group and he is responsible for its political inclination," pastor Kim said.
Kim accused Jun of using "fear politics" inside the Christian group to repress his opponents. According to him, the CCK formed an interim committee to cope with the crisis Jun created and released a statement urging Jun to step down. Jun fired all the interim committee members who joined the statement.
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