Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye announced today (16th) that she would not run for governor of Gyeonggi Province in the June 1 local election.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye, during a briefing on measures to support additional school quarantine for the new semester held at the government complex in Sejong today, she said, "As Minister of Education, she judged that it is her calling to do her best to protect the safety of our children and schools in a dire situation. did," he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Yoo added, "I will fulfill my responsibilities as the Minister of Education until the end for the restoration of an intact school.
Previously, in the political circles, it has been publicly suggested that Deputy Prime Minister Yoo has solidified his intention to run for the local elections, and that he will soon resign from the Blue House.
The deadline for resigning from public office to run for local elections is March 3, 90 days before the election, but in the case of Gyeonggi-do, a large-scale metropolitan organization, the deputy prime minister must be appointed between the 6th and 13th of this month, right after the Lunar New Year holiday, as it is necessary to prepare for the election as soon as possible. The observation that he would step down from the post was weighted.
However, it seems that opinions such as the importance of the role of the Minister of Education in directing students' school attendance in the midst of the Omicron mutation pandemic are reflected.
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