There is a saying that "sausage and diplomacy do

*the best choice

-There is a saying that "sausage and diplomacy do not disclose the process of making." In other words, it is customary to keep the mess behind it a secret and only show the well-packed results to the public.

-The same applies to articles. It is because they think it is unnecessary information because of the protection of news sources and the limited amount of space in the paper.

-There is a lot of talk about the "choice" of acting president Choi Sang-mok. Let's share some stories we have seen and encountered while covering the Ministry of Economy and Finance for a short period of time.

-Choi is a law student at Seoul National University and is in the same class as Won Hee-ryong, Na Kyung-won, and Cho Kuk.

-Acting President Choi has said this in private in the past. At that time, the student movement was in full swing at the university, and he studied for the examination without participating in the exercise, but he had a "debt heart" for his friends who exercised. He also said that he wanted to contribute to leading a democratic world well by passing the examination.

-I don't know if this is self-justifying, pretending, or sincere. The truth must be somewhere in between.

-During the Park Geun Hye administration, he served as the presidential secretary for economic and financial affairs and the first vice minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Then, he became embroiled in Choi Soon-sil's manipulation of state affairs. At that time, Ahn Jong-beom, the senior presidential secretary for economic affairs, assisted conglomerates in contributing to Mir Foundation.

-Although he was a reference for the special prosecution, he was hit hard enough to make a comeback as a bureaucrat. The idea of becoming a high-ranking bureaucrat and leading the world has a large gap with reality or its role is limited.

-The regime changed and he set up a position at the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, where he spent several years outside of public office. Listening to the reporters he met at the time, he said he drank alcohol he had never spoken to while he was in office and mainly talked about his academic background. In other words, he had a time when he was discouraged by the disgrace.

-President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is suspected of rebellion, called officials of the Ministry of Economy and Finance "super elite." To him, the world is all he left behind in the investigation and indictment. He must have gained this recognition by investigating economic bureaucrats.

-Acting President Choi made a perfect comeback under the Yoon administration. He seemed to be leaning on alcohol, but many said that he had thoroughly prepared for his comeback by asking for various materials from junior government officials before re-entering public service.

-Acting President Choi is personally very grateful to Yoon. In particular, his children were said to have been happy about his comeback. There is a perception that he has been given a "grace." He was also told that he had become more obedient to the presidential power.

-I don't know what choice he will make in the future. I went to the finance ministry after the Kim Park Geun Hye administration transition period and the inauguration of the Kim Yoon Suk Yeol administration. The Lee administration spent the period of Vice Prime Minister Choo Kyung-ho and Choi Sang-mok.

-Deputy Prime Minister Choo Kyung-ho took great care of his second daughter. He even saved her cell phone number with a heart. Looking at her actions when martial law was declared, I wonder if she was ashamed of her daughter as a father, and what kind of thoughts and motives did she have.

-Choi is not afraid of the gaze and criticism that he "betrayed" those who helped him make his comeback, but recalls his commitments while watching his social activist friends sitting on campus in college, and, contrary to Chu, I personally hope that he will choose the path of becoming a parent who has long been unashamed by his children who rejoiced in restoring his reputation.