The presidential office said today (7th) regarding the controversy surrounding the work of senior administrative officer Choi, who is a relative of President Yoon Seok-yeol, "It is clearly misinformation and false information and malicious reporting to express public affairs as nonsense."



A presidential office official said at a briefing today, "Secret lines are at least established when they are not in a public organization."



This official reiterated, "It is not our point of view to agree with the malicious frame of non-goodness on people who do public work within a public organization."



Choi is known to be in charge of the so-called 'official residence team' (tentative name) team leader in the annex and mainly in charge of assistant work to Mrs. Kim.



Choi's father and President Yun's mother are sixth cousins, and Mr. Choi is eighth cousins ​​to President Yun.



He also actively countered the point that the hiring of Choi may constitute a conflict of interest.



The official said, "According to the Conflict of Interest Act made by the National Assembly, it does not conflict at all." "The family employment restrictions stipulated in this law are stipulated by spouses, direct blood relatives, brothers and sisters, and father-in-law, mother-in-law, executions, and sister-in-law living together. "He said.



He continued, "This bill was not just made. Obviously, in this case, the bill was made because it was against the public sentiment. It is an issue that needs to be rectified.”



The official said, "If you are hired only because of distant relatives and you do not have work competency, you can raise a problem. .



This official emphasized, "(Mr. Choi) has been involved in various tasks since the formation of the primary camp, and has been the closest aide to the president."



When asked if there were any confirmed cases of relatives in the case of other administrators, he said, "I haven't checked them all, but I'm telling you that in any case, there is no object of conflict under the Conflicts of Interest Prevention Act."



When asked by reporters to tell the details of Choi's 'long-term work experience at a large company', which the presidential office mentioned yesterday, he replied, "It is meaningless and there is no reason to check the career details of the president's office employees."



However, when questions such as Choi's specific career and work suitability continued, he said, "Of course, we are sorry that we cannot give sufficient answers to questions and queries." I will replace it by saying that I think it will be difficult to resolve whether I say something or not.”



In the words 'there is a point of neglect in managing relatives due to the abolition of the chief civil affairs office', "



The reporters also asked questions about Mr. A, the spouse of Lee Won-mo, the presidential personnel secretary, who accompanied President Yoon and his wife on the schedule of the NATO summit.



The official emphasized, "As far as I can tell clearly, there are no legal or institutional flaws." He emphasized, "I went through all the procedures, and the background check and security memorandum were all done, and it was done in a clear procedure."



When asked whether the fact that Mr. A and his mother paid a total of 20 million won in political support to President Yoon, who was a presidential candidate on July 26, last year, 10 million won each, had an impact on his trip to Spain. Do you think paying a donation has an effect on your tour? I will answer that question instead."



Also, when former Blue House protocol secretary Tak Hyun-min asked about his position on criticizing Mr. A's companion on the radio today, he dismissed it, saying, "I will not comment on Mr. Tak's remarks in the presidential office."



In response to the reporter's question of whether there are any plans to create a second annex, this official reaffirmed his position, "I have no plans to make one," and said, "I am aiding the president in the annex, and if Mrs. there," he said.