Hearings of five candidates for Prime Minister Han Duk-soo and Minister for the 1st term of the Yoon Seok-yeol government will be held at the same time today (2nd).
A 'spear and shield' battle is expected between the ruling and opposition parties.
At the National Assembly, starting at 10 a.m. at the National Assembly, a total of six personnel hearings were held, including candidates for Prime Minister Choo Kyung-ho (Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Strategy and Finance), Park Jin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Won Hee-ryong (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport), Han Hwa-jin (Ministry of Environment), and Park Bo-gyun (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism). This is going on.
A candidate for Prime Minister Han was originally scheduled for a hearing on the 25th and 26th of last month, but the Democratic Party and Justice Party criticized the submission of insufficient data and did not attend, so the meeting was interrupted for two days.
The hearing of a prime minister candidate will continue for two days, from today to tomorrow.
At the hearing of a prime minister candidate, questions related to current issues such as prosecutorial reform, financial soundness, and minimum wage, as well as personal issues such as suspicion of conflicts of interest, such as the high remuneration received while serving as an advisor to Kim & Chang after resigning from public office, personal problems such as the property formation process and the sale of his wife's paintings appears to be focused.
Candidate Han had already served as prime minister in the Roh Moo-hyun administration in the past, so it was expected that the hearing would pass smoothly, but as suspicions over high salary and real estate problems surfaced, it is emerging as a variable for the Democratic Party to pass the hearing.
At the hearing of candidate Choo Kyung-ho, questions about the controversy over the process of Lone Star's acquisition and sale of KEB in 2003, his children's employment in public institutions, and the increase in wealth are expected to focus on questions.
In the case of Park Jin, it seems likely that questions will be focused on whether his son is the founder and director of a Canadian gambling company.
In the case of Candidate Won Hee-ryong, questions about the new government's real estate policy are expected, along with questions about various allegations raised by the Democratic Party, such as the controversy over preferential treatment for the Jeju Odeungbong development project and the 'self-use change' of the Jeju house.
At the hearing of candidate Park Bo-gyun, it is expected that he will raise issues such as controversy over professionalism in the fields of culture, art, sports, and tourism, and content written in past columns such as 'Chun Doo-hwan Leadership is Loyalty'.
Candidate Han Hwa-jin raises relatively few personal suspicions compared to other candidates, and it is observed that policy questions will be the main focus.
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