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Controversy continues over the cost of moving the Oval Office to Yongsan.

The elected party claimed that the estimated cost was received from the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, but the Ministry of Strategy and Finance argued that it had consulted with relevant ministries and did not directly report to the Transition Committee.



Reporter Kim Jung-woo pointed out the controversy.



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President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol refuted the Democratic Party's claim that it would cost 1 trillion won to move the Blue House to Yongsan, saying that it would cost 49.6 billion won, leading the Ministry of Strategy and Finance to refute it.



[Yoon Seok-yeol/President-elect (last 20 days): These stories are just coming out of 1 trillion won or 500 billion won now, but there is no basis.

The budget that goes into it was pulled from the Ministry of Finance and received.

We did not do it.]



As the Ministry of Strategy and Finance has the final authority to compile and organize the budget, it is a reliable source of data.



However, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance responded to the SBS question asking about the facts, saying that it had not made any relevant documents and therefore had never submitted it to the Transition Committee.



However, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security each inquired about the relocation, and explained that they had practical discussions on unit price unification and appropriateness, such as what the price of household items should be.



He added that there was no need to comprehensively collect the budget as the two ministries did not request to spend the budget.



When asked about the position of the transition committee again, the answer was "The Ministry of Strategy and Finance did it informally, not officially" and "We did everything together, but the Ministry of Finance is also involved" came back.



It is true that the Ministry of Strategy and Finance participated in the relevant consultations.



It seems impossible to rule out the possibility that different amounts will be calculated if the transition committee and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance are subtly contradicting their claims, and if the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, rather than the decision of each department, goes through a comprehensive review and reorganizes the official budget, it seems.



(Video editing: Choi Hye-young)