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Public criticism has been raised against the candidate Byeon Chang-heum, who has been controversial due to inappropriate remarks in the past.

The day after tomorrow (23rd) ahead of the personnel hearing, the opposition party launched a intensive offensive, saying that candidate Byeon Chang-heum would be knocked out.



Reporter Park Ha-jeong covered it.



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Byun Chang-heum, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's candidate, referring to Mo-gun Kim, who died in a screen door accident at Guui Station, and said, "If he only paid attention to a little, nothing could have happened."



The ruling party leadership also heard bitterness.



Chief Commissioner Park Hong-bae said, "It is regrettable that I recognized the death of a serious disaster as personal fault," and Chief Commissioner Park Sung-min exclaimed, "Is it true of the Moon Jae-in government's philosophy of state administration?"



[Park Seong-min/Democratic Party Supreme Council Member: I hope you will sincerely apologize until the bereaved family and the public can understand.]



The colleagues of Guui Station victim Kim, who urged Byeon to resign yesterday, made today's position in the name of the Seoul Transportation Corporation union branch. At the door, Candidate Byun said that he would like to apologize for meeting them, but he said he would refuse the interview, saying that he would like to resign even now.



The people's power is concentrating on firepower, saying that candidate Byeon will be defeated.



[Bae Joon-young/People's Power Spokesman: A cold blooded candidate for the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, who has a cynical view of the common people.]



Additional suspicion was also raised.



When Candidate Byun was the president of SH, he spent an annual average of 4581 million won on a corporate card, and a monthly average of 3.81 million won, about 2.2 times more than the previous president and 1.2 times more than the successor president. There are also suspicions of improper use of corporate cards, such as being used.



In response, Candidate Byun explained that it was used in the course of active work, but there was no personal use.



(Video coverage: Park Jin-ho and Ha Ryung, video editing: Kim Jong-mi)