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News summary on the way home from work, Subsletter Evening.
Moon Jae-in government's first chief economic officer, remember?
I'm Jang-pyo Hong, the chief, and now the president of the Korea Development Institute (KDI).
He said in his passport that he was a representative figure of the Moon Jae-in government, and he openly pressed for resignation, saying 'get out'.
Prime Minister's rebuttal "Should I be a trumpeter?"
Hong Jang-pyo, president of the Korea Development Institute (KDI), who designed the 'income-led growth' policy while serving as the first chief economic officer in the Moon Jae-in administration.
His term ends on May 30, 2024, so there are almost two years left.
The People's Power and other passports criticized the government officials appointed at the end of the Moon Jae-in administration and the heads of public institutions as being rude and pressured him to resign several times. ' and publicly announced his intention to resign.
Director Hong said, "I was very disappointed that the Prime Minister told me about my future, saying that the difference between the government and the national research institute cannot be recognized." There is no reason to stay any longer.” “If you think you should become the government’s trumpeter…” he said, targeting Prime Minister Han Deok-soo.
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<A statement on the Prime Minister's statement>
However, contrary to the purpose of the law last week that the Prime Minister should respect the neutrality of research, he said, "We cannot go together, we have to change" was an inappropriate statement that undermined the neutrality of research and the purpose of the law. I think.
I am also concerned about the unusual action that the Board of Audit and Inspection notified KDI at the time the Prime Minister commented on my whereabouts.
If the Prime Minister believes that KDI and national research institutes should focus only on research that suits the government's taste and become the government's trumpeter, then I think it would make sense to change the law with the consent of the people.
If the Prime Minister refuses to listen to my differing views, there is no reason for me to remain as the KDI President any longer.
As Prime Minister Han Deok-soo said...
What did Prime Minister Han Deok-soo say?
Prime Minister Han held a press conference to commemorate the first month of his inauguration on the 28th of last month, where he said, "It makes no sense for an income-led growth designer to be the KDI president" and "It should change. It doesn't fit with the Yoon Seok-yeol administration." We talked.
They pressured Director Hong to resign voluntarily.
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About a week later, Director Hong made his position, and he also expressed human disappointment here and there.
The statement read, "The prime minister at that time gave valuable advice along with a bitter voice about the income-led growth policy. I am still grateful for that." This time, I was thinking that it might be my turn to give advice as the KDI president.”
Director Hong's advice is that 1) the private-led growth of the Yun Seok-yeol government should be revised and supplemented, and 2) the autonomy of research institutions should be respected.
President Hong Jang-pyo of KDI is on a leave of absence while working as a professor at Pukyong National University. He said that he applied to Pukyong National University to open the 'Understanding Korean Economy' major elective course in the economics department in the second semester.
He appears likely to be reinstated.
"Juan Muchi, the guts, the election dissatisfaction"
Not only the Prime Minister, but also the People's Power lawmakers are pushing hard, but the People's Power is attacking those people by saying 'Get out', saying that the Democratic Party government (at the end of the term) recklessly carried out a cut-throat.
Rep. Kim Ki-hyun posted an article on social media with the title, 'I hope that I will not regret later after holding on to the Moon Jae-in administration's 'mongniseong' greetings, 'poop guts'. Rough expressions such as 'the act of being ignorant' and 'thief ×' were also mobilized.
There is also the logic that he should resign from the point of view of political service or political morality.
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They cannot but do the wrong thing to slash national taxes solely for their own personal gain.
They are thieves.
(..) Political officials from the previous administration who could not go along with the political philosophy of the Yun Seok-yeol administration took their positions for political reasons, so as a political official, you should keep the minimum political morality.
I hope that there will be no regrets in the future by enduring with 'bastard guts'.
(Kim Ki-hyeon, Representative for People's Power)
Rep. Park Soo-young is arguing that "the position appointed by the president is a place that contains the legislative purpose of sharing the philosophy of government with the president" and "refusing to resign is a kind of dissatisfaction with the election."
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The rejection of resignation by some ministers and heads of public institutions can be seen as a kind of dissatisfaction with the presidential election and disorganization of the national flag.
It is a political moni that prevents a president elected by the will of the people from performing his or her role.
(Rep. Park Soo-young, People's Power)
The People's Power also said that the Democratic Party formed the 'Political Retaliation Investigation Countermeasures Committee' and announced that it would review the issue of 'retirement pressure targeting public officials under the term system during the period of regime change'. Think about the bad things you did.” He pointed an arrow.
People's Power, Jeon Hyeon-hee and Han Sang-hyeok
There are a number of people who are pressing for resignation, saying that the people's power is a 'recruitment'. Rep. Kim Ki-hyun re-uploaded the document 'Status of Personnel in the Moon Jae-in Administration', which was released in March when he was the floor leader, again on social media.
This is to increase the level of pressure to resign.
In this document, the names of the organizations to which 59 people belong are listed.
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The people that the power of the people are aiming for are ministers such as Jeon Hyeon-hee, Chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, and Han Sang-hyeok, chairman of the Korea Communications Commission.
Rep. Park Soo-young said, "There are 59 people, including Chairman Jeon Hyun-hee, who has been defending the rights of the Democratic Party rather than the people's rights, and Chairman Han Sang-hyeok, who was all-in on broadcasting control, and KDI President Hong Jang-pyo, who led Suzhou Province. I can't help it," he repeatedly revealed on social media the representative resignation target.
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In addition to Chairman Jeon Hyun-hee and Han Sang-hyeok, who were appointed during the Moon Jae-in administration, and KDI President Hong Jang-pyo, Lee Seok-hyeon, senior vice-chairman of the Democratic, Peaceful Unification Advisory Council, and Jeong Hae-goo, chairman of the Economics, Humanities and Social Research Society are under pressure to resign.
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The Board of Audit and Inspection began regular audits of the Korea Communications Commission, and there are also views that it may be related to the passport's pressure on Chairman Han Sang-hyeok to resign.
Also, today (6th), President Hong Jang-pyo said, "I am also concerned about the unusual measures that the Board of Audit and Inspection notified KDI at the time the Prime Minister commented on my whereabouts."
It is known that the Board of Audit and Inspection recently requested data on internal regulations, budgets, and research projects from KDI, and Director Hong interpreted this as pressure on where to go.
The government's sword is aiming at the so-called 'albakgi people' while putting pressure on them with words of embarrassment and thanksgiving.
Kwon Seong-dong, "Inconsiderate sophistry"
People's Power Floor Leader Kwon Seong-dong criticized KDI President Hong Jang-pyo, saying, "President Hong's sophistry is only a mirror that reflects himself."
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On SNS, floor leader Kwon said, "President Hong left a sophistry toward the government that he does not respect the neutrality and autonomy of research institutes," and criticized President Hong as "President Hong during the Moon Jae-in administration was the architect of income-led growth." yes
He pointed out that "the fact that the designer of the wrong policy that ruined the national economy and people's livelihood was successful, far from taking responsibility, is unfair in itself."
He also continued to warn against those who are ignorant of the Moon Jae-in government.
"High-ranking public officials are positions for honor and service. If people's livelihoods are ruined by wrong policies and ideologies, you must leave the position with responsibility. This is what it is,” he continued the pressure to resign.
a piece of the day
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This is a picture of pilgrims who came to the 'Hajj' pilgrimage to the Kaaba in Mecca, the holy city of Islam in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is said to have allowed a total of 1 million visitors, including foreigners, to this year's pilgrimage, which resumed after two years due to the coronavirus outbreak.
(Photo = National Assembly Photo Reporters, Yonhap News)
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