The editorial said the disclosure of the fact that An, who held the post of a justice of the Supreme Court, was paid 10 million won a day, the same amount he received when he was in the office, forced him to give up candidacy under bitter criticism.

Even before the "National Assembly" hearing An was compelled to withdraw the candidacy for his inglorious past, the editorial said, holding that, needless to say, Park Geun Hye was wholly to blame for this.

The editorial continued:

There was no need to make such great haste to appoint a new prime minister as Jong Hong Won is still performing his duty as "prime minister".

May 22 when Park designated An as a candidate for the prime minister was the day when the campaign for the June 4 local elections formally started.

It is not exaggeration to say that this was a wrong handling of personnel affairs which resulted from "a rough-and-ready verification" made due to jitters before the elections.

As long as Park does not change the method of state administration, such a mistake in the personnel affairs cannot but persist.

South Korean CBS also denounced the personnel policy of the Park Geun Hye group on May 29.

It recalled that Park designated only those hailed from the legal circles as candidates for the "prime minister" during her office and two of them were compelled to drop out even before NA hearing.

There is a rumor that Park liked judicial officials only to spark off negative backlash.

As regards this, the editorial quoted an incumbent prosecutor as telling media persons "Chongwadae is little different from a blind man".