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Hearings for Prime Minister Han Deok-soo and 5 Ministerial candidates for the 1st cabinet of the Yoon Seok-yeol government will be held simultaneously on the 2nd.
A “spear and shield” confrontation is expected between the ruling and opposition parties whose air force has been reversed due to the change of government.
According to the National Assembly, a total of six candidates including Choo Kyung-ho (Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Strategy and Finance), Park Jin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Won Hee-ryong (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport), Hwa-Jin Han (Ministry of Environment), and Bo-Gyun Park (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), including nominee for Prime Minister Han, were interviewed on this day, according to the National Assembly. break the first tape of
Han’s hearing was originally scheduled for the 25th and 26th, but the meeting was canceled for two days because the Democratic Party and Justice Party criticized the submission of insufficient data and the meeting was canceled for two days.
The hearing of a prime minister candidate will be held for two days until the 3rd.
At the hearing of a candidate for prime minister, questions regarding current issues such as prosecutorial reform, financial soundness, and minimum wage will be focused on suspicion of conflicts of interest, such as a history of serving as an advisor to Kim & Chang following resigning from public office, personal issues such as the process of property formation and sales of his wife’s paintings. see.
In the case of candidate Han, as he had already served as prime minister in the Roh Moo-hyun administration, the hearing was expected to pass smoothly at first, but the Democratic Party’s offensive once morest high salaries and real estate issues is emerging as a variable.
At the hearing of candidate Choo Kyung-ho, it is expected that questions will be focused on economic policy directions, controversy over Lone Star’s acquisition and sale of KEB in 2003, employment of children in public institutions, and property growth.
Candidate Jin Park’s hearing is expected to focus on questions related to the direction of the Yun Seok-yeol administration’s foreign policy and his son’s founding role as the founder and director of a Canadian gambling company.
In the case of Candidate Won Hee-ryong, questions regarding the direction of the new government’s real estate policy are expected, along with questions regarding various allegations raised by the Democratic Party, such as the controversy over preferential treatment for the Jeju Odeungbong development project and the ‘self-use change’ of the Jeju house.
At the hearing of candidate Park Bo-gyun, the Democratic Party is expected to raise controversy over past columns such as controversy over expertise in culture, art, sports, and tourism, and ‘Chun Doo-hwan’s leadership is loyalty’.
In the case of Candidate Han Hwa-jin, there are relatively few personal suspicions compared to other candidates, and it is observed that policy questions will be the main focus.
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