President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol said that the resignation of Lee Tae-gyu, a member of the transition committee's planning and coordination division, of the People's Party, was not due to a conflict over personnel matters.
President Jang Je-won, chief of staff, met with reporters in front of the Office of the Transition Committee in Tongui-dong, and when asked whether Rep. Lee resigned as a transition committee member due to a ministerial appointment issue, he said, "I do not think that is the case."
He said, "I'm going to try to contact (Rep. Lee) through the spokesperson's office," he replied, "I couldn't (on the phone with Rep. Lee)."
The spokesperson's office of the transition committee said in a notice, "According to the announcement, Lee Tae-gyu has informed the spokesperson's office that the notice of resignation is true.
Regarding himself and Rep. Lee, who were the channels for unification negotiations between President-elect Yoon and Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo, Director Jang said, "We both have unlimited responsibility for this regime, and the trust between the two has not changed at all." ) I'll check it out," he said.
Then, regarding the point that there were no so-called 'Ahn Cheol-soo' members in the first appointment of the first cabinet announced yesterday (10th), he answered, "Ahn Cheol-soo, who is, who is our Yoon Seok-yeol? That's what I do," he said.
Also, when asked if Chairman Ahn recommended any personnel to the cabinet, he said, "You get a lot of recommendations. This morning, we also talked with Chairman Ahn for about an hour and talked about various issues. We often meet and communicate with Chairman Ahn." The lawmaker and I have unlimited responsibility for this regime, and the trust between the two has not changed.”
When asked if Rep. Lee had solidified his position to exclude politicians from the appointment of the Minister of the Interior and Safety, which had been ranked in Hama-pyeong, he answered, "Yes, yes."
Then, when asked if the exclusion of politicians from the Ministry of Public Administration and Security was the background for Rep. Lee's resignation, he said, "Well, with that (I guess)" he said, "I talked enough about that. I drew
When asked if he would consider appointing Rep. Lee as another minister, he said, "Let's think about it. We're having a conversation, shouldn't we contact (Member Lee) once?"
(Photo = Insuui Photo Reporters Group, Yonhap News)