Yoon and Lee Jin-sook may go ahead with their date this week… Expect opposition parties to fight back with impeachment card

2024-07-30 05:17:00

Lee Jin-sook, candidate for chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, answered questions from members of Congress at a congressional personnel hearing held on the morning of the 26th. Candidate Lee’s confirmation hearings have lasted three days. Senior reporter Kim Kyung-ho [e-mail]

The progress report on personnel hearings of Korea Communications Commission Chairman Lee Jin-sook was not recognized by the opposition parties and media groups in terms of ethics and qualifications, but it was not passed by the legal deadline on the 29th. There are predictions that President Yoon Seok-yeol will advance the appointment of candidate Lee and the vice chairman of the Communications Commission within this week, which will lead to a “quick decision” on the reorganization of South Korea’s board of directors. In response, the opposition party announced that it would play the “Lee Jin-sook impeachment card” to fight back. It seems that the struggle between the government and the opposition will continue to be intense.

The National Assembly’s Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee (Chairman Choi Min-hee) held a plenary meeting that day to discuss the approval of candidate Lee Myung-bak’s personnel hearing report, but ultimately failed to pass the report due to fierce debate. The opposition party held a rare three-day personnel hearing for candidate Lee and even conducted an on-site investigation, saying, “During the hearing, we discovered many illegal and illegal behaviors.” Huang Zheng said, “Unqualified There are so many reasons that it is difficult to list them all, so it is unacceptable to express the opinion of “unqualified” through the report, and it should be sent to the investigating agency. “Ah, members of the Democratic Party of Korea. This is because he was at the forefront of union-busting efforts when he was an executive at the Culture Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). His qualifications caused great controversy, and he was also suspected of embezzlement. card. To this end, Rep. Choi Hyung-doo, secretary of the ruling party, suggested “presenting reasons for disqualification to the designated authority (the president),” but the Democratic Party did not accept it.

According to the Personnel Hearing Act, the National Assembly must complete the hearing process within 20 days from the date of submitting the application for the personnel hearing of the Korea Communications Commission candidate to the National Assembly. If Congress fails to transmit the personnel hearing report within this time limit, the President may request that it be retransmitted to Congress within 10 days from the day after the hearing. If Congress passes the retransmission deadline, the president can appoint the chairman of the Korea Communications Commission. Candidate Lee, who completed the hearing on the 26th, has a deadline to resubmit the hearing report on August 5th. However, since President Yoon has set a short deadline of 1-2 days for the hearing reports of candidate Lee’s predecessor Lee Dong-gwan and former Communications Commission Chairman Kim Hong-il, the opposition party believes that President Yoon will not hesitate. A battle of speed. The outlook for the Democratic Party leadership is that “there seems to be no reason to delay as we are close to taking control of public broadcasting through the appointment process of directors such as the Broadcasting Culture Promotion Association (Fang Moon-jin).”

President Yoon is expected to advance the appointment of the candidate as early as the 31st, and at the same time appoint the successor of Lee Sang-in, the former vice chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, and restore the “two-person voting system” of the Communications Commission. It is understood that Vice Chairman Lee’s successors include Kim Tae-gyu, vice chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, who has served as a judge, and other legal figures. A person related to the Cheong Wa Dae said, “It seems that there is no need to appoint the chairman and deputy chairman separately,” but added: “We plan to respond appropriately after considering the situation in the National Assembly and the reaction of the National Assembly.” Democratic Party.

Once the two-person system is in place, candidate Lee is expected to first try to vote on the appointments of Mun Bong-jin, the majority shareholder of Culture Broadcasting Corporation, and the Korea Broadcasting Corporation (KBS) board of directors, and convene a shareholders’ meeting after taking office. The terms of the nine guest directors ended on August 12, and the terms of KBC’s 11 directors ended on August 31. Previously, the Korea Communications Commission held a campaign for directors of the Korea Broadcasting Corporation with visitors and completed the public opinion collection of applicants, leaving only the decision on the appointment plan.

The opposition party plans to immediately start impeachment proceedings if candidate Lee begins the process of appointing directors, like former chairman Lee Dong-gwan and Kim Hong-il. Lee Hae-sik, chief spokesperson of the Democratic Party, said: “If the candidate continues to appoint visiting directors after his appointment, this itself is considered illegal and will naturally become grounds for impeachment.” However, the introduction and vote of the impeachment bill requires the entire National Assembly session, and the candidate, like his predecessor, is likely to resign before the impeachment bill is passed. Therefore, the general consensus is that even if impeachment proceedings are initiated, the appointment of visiting committee members and other committee members will inevitably be carried out in accordance with President Yoon’s wishes.

Therefore, the opposition parties strongly demanded that “the candidate’s nomination be withdrawn.” Democratic House Representative Park Chan-dae said, “The president must wake up and immediately give up his attempt to take over public broadcasting.” He added, “The Democratic Party will complete the passage of the four laws on broadcasting and continue its efforts.” Defeat the reduction of public broadcasting to the government Internal broadcast conspiracy.

On the afternoon of the 29th, a plenary meeting of the Science, Technology, Information, Communications and Broadcasting Committee of the National Assembly was held to discuss the progress report on the personnel hearing of Lee Jin-sook, the candidate for chairman of the Korea Communications Commission. Poll results. Reporter Kim Jung-hyo [e-mail]

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