President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol's side protested today (24th), expressing strong regret for President Moon Jae-in's remarks about the adjustment of the Blue House meeting schedule, saying, 'The elected person should decide for himself.'
In the midst of the two sides' meeting discussions, when President Moon blamed Yoon-elect's 'words of others' as the cause and shifted responsibility, he refuted this head-on.
President-elect Kim Eun-hye, spokeswoman for the elected president, said at a written briefing today, "I'm talking about a lot of inquiries regarding President Moon Jae-in's words delivered this morning through the Blue House Senior Citizen Park Soo-hyun." It is very regrettable that you mentioned it as if it were blurry."
Spokesperson Kim pointed out, "In addition, in a situation where the government takeover is not smooth, it is difficult to agree easily with evaluating the meeting between the two of us as a 'place to share goodwill' at a time when it is essential to respond to COVID-19 and the economic crisis."
Earlier this morning, at a meeting with his staff, President Park Soo-hyun, chief of public communication, said at a briefing that he said, "(Yoon-elect) don't listen to other people and make your own judgement" regarding the coordination of the meeting schedule with President-elect Yoon. told
President Moon also said, "What kind of negotiation is necessary for two people to meet and greet each other, give thanks, and exchange words that might be helpful. It's not a meeting."
Spokesperson Kim said, "I would like to say something about personnel rights. The people I want to appoint now are not the president who is about to retire, but those who will work with the new president," he said.
He continued, "We will not say hello once the next president is decided," he said. pointed out.
While President Moon had previously nominated Lee Chang-yong, director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Asia and Pacific affairs, as a candidate for the new Bank of Korea governor, the two sides battled the truth over whether the Blue House had consulted with Yun-elect during the personnel process. crashed.
In particular, the issue of personnel rights for the Audit Committee member of the Board of Audit and Inspection is being discussed as the main cause of the clash between President Moon and President-elect Yoon.
Currently, two out of seven audit committee members are vacant, and the Blue House is known to be in a position to nominate one person each.
However, President-elect Yoon's side argues that 'President Moon's intention to appoint an audit committee member is an attempt to prevent the audit of the Moon Jae-in government from being done properly' and insists that both appointments should reflect the intentions of President-elect Yoon.
(Photo = National Assembly Photo Reporters, Yonhap News)