(International Observation) Yin Xiyue's new cabinet candidate is settled and the controversy tests the ruling power

　　China News Agency, Seoul, April 15 (Liu Xu and Liu Jingni) On the 14th local time, South Korean President-elect Yin Xiyue announced the last batch of cabinet candidates, plus the previously announced candidates for 16 department heads and the nomination of the Prime Minister, South Korea's new The candidates for the chiefs of 18 cabinet departments and the layout of the prime minister have been settled.

But the list of cabinet candidates has also thrown Yin Xiyue into the midst of accusations of ignoring diversity and the appointment of cronies.

The data picture shows Yin Xiyue.

　　Throughout several rounds of appointments, the occupational composition of 19 candidates for 18 department heads and 1 prime minister in the new cabinet are mainly politicians (5 people) and professors (5 people), with an average age of 60.6 years.

Regionally, there are 4 cabinet members from Seoul, 3 from Gyeongnam, 2 from Daegu, 2 from Chungbuk, 2 from Jeonbuk, 1 each from Gangwon-do, Gyeongbuk, Daejeon, Busan, Jeju, and Chungnam.

Among the cabinet members, 10 graduated from Seoul National University (52.6%), 4 from Korea University, 2 from Kyungbuk University, 1 from Kwangwoon University, 1 from Korea Military Academy and 1 from Korea University of Foreign Studies.

In terms of gender, only 3 of the 19 people are women, accounting for 15.8%, reaching the target of 10% female senior public officials set by the Korean Ministry of Women and Family, but still lower than the major member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

　　On the two pillars of diplomacy and security, Yin Xiyue chose to appoint Park Jin and Kwon Ningse, alumni of his Seoul National University and key members of the presidential campaign.

In the economic field, Yoon Seok-yue handed over the heavy responsibility to Choo Kyung-ho, who had served as the secretary of the Planning and Coordination Office of the Presidency Handover Committee and a handover member.

In addition to Qiu Qing-ho, Yin Xiyue's cabinet also includes "economic experts" such as Prime Minister Han Deok-soo and Minister of Small and Medium Venture Enterprise Li Yong.

At the same time, the candidates nominated by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Science, Information and Communication, and the Ministry of Environment are all relevant persons who have studied in related fields for decades and have senior experience.

　　It is worth noting that Yoon Seok-hye's cabinet has close ties with the Lee Myung-bak government and the Park Geun-hye government.

Senior officials from the Lee Myung-bak era, including Prime Minister candidate Han Deok-soo, Deputy Prime Minister of Economy and Minister of Planning and Finance Choo Kyung-ho, Deputy Prime Minister of Society and Minister of Education Kim In-cheol, Environment Minister Han Hwa-jin, and Unification Minister Kwon Ning-se, Administration Security Minister Lee Sang-min, Minister of Women and Family Kim Hyun-sook, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock Jeong Hwang-geun and other senior officials who held important positions in the Blue House or the government during the Park Geun-hye period.

　　In this regard, the "Korea Daily" said that this reflects Yin Xiyue's human resources philosophy of "emphasizing economy and stability, but lacking innovation".

However, some public opinion criticized the cabinet list as "redistribution of vested interests".

The "partisan, gender, age and generational integration values" emphasized at the beginning of the cabinet formation have not been fulfilled in this list, which has attracted a lot of public controversy:

　　First of all, public opinion is worried that this list may lead to intensified conflicts between Yin Xiyue and An Zhexiu, chairman of the Presidential Work Transfer Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "handover committee").

Previously, An Zhexiu, one of the popular candidates for the South Korean general election, announced his abstention from the election one day before the absentee vote, expressing his support for Yin Xiyue, and planning to merge his party of the Kuomintang into the National Power Party after the election to form a "common government".

　　However, on the issue of cabinet formation, none of the people recommended by An Zhexiu entered the cabinet.

An Zhexiu also confirmed to the media a few days ago that Yin Xiyue has not established a mechanism for accepting personnel recommendations.

Some media predict that this may lead to Yin and An's parting ways, and even worry that An Zhexiu may resign as chairman of the handover committee.

Han Dezhu, the nominee for the prime minister, responded to the media, saying that the personnel issue was actually decided after a very complicated process, and it was sometimes difficult to stick to the obsession of "jointly running the country's affairs".

　　Secondly, Yin Xiyue's list is accused of ignoring diversity such as women, youth, and generations, which violates Yin's own emphasis on the value of "unification" and the promise of "appointing youth ministers" made during the presidential election.

The Korean media has criticized that the list is just a change from the "top five men" (mainly men in their 50s from Seoul National University) to the "Gyeongsang Men Banquet" (men in their 60s from Gyeongsangdo).

Um Kyung-young, director of the Korea Zeitgeist Research Institute, also commented that there is absolutely no idea of ​​unifying and co-governing from Yin Xiyue's cabinet personnel arrangements.

　　In addition, the list of the second batch of cabinet candidates announced on the 13th also put Yin Xiyue in the controversy of "exceptional appointment".

　　On the same day, Han Dongxun, vice president (prosecutor-general) of the Judicial Training Institute, known as "Yin Xiyue's henchman" by the Korean media, was nominated as the first Minister of Justice of the new government.

It is reported that when Han Dongxun worked as a prosecutor in Yin Xiyue, he assisted him in the investigation of SK financial fraud, the corruption case of Hyundai Motor, and the case of former President Park Geun-hye's "confidence in politics" case.

　　In this regard, Korean public opinion generally said that Yin Xiyue's move was unfair and suspected of privatizing the prosecution.

"Central Daily" commented that this incident not only gives a glimpse of Yin Xiyue's personnel arrangement style, but also predicts his style of state administration to a certain extent. will be more severe.

　　Lee Sang-min, who was nominated as Minister of Administration and Security, Park Jin, who was nominated by Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Kwon Ning-se, who was nominated by Minister of Unification, also became the focus of controversy.

It is reported that all three graduated from Seoul University like Yin Xiyue, and were key members of Yin Xiyue's presidential campaign.

Li Xiangmin is also a high school alumnus of Yin Xiyue.

　　Yonhap News Agency analyzed this, saying that it is rare for a heavyweight politician to be nominated for the positions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Unification Minister at the same time, but Yin Xiyue’s move may be related to the more severe external situation South Korea is currently facing.

Yin Xiyue's use of politicians with government capabilities and expertise may be aimed at finding breakthroughs in resolving the Peninsula issue and the Ukrainian crisis, and has gained strong support in the subsequent promotion of foreign policy.

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