Kim Sung-won: "Special Activity Expenses of the Blue House Will Be Verified by the National Assembly... Responsibility for Real Estate Lies with Moon"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Kim Seong-won, the senior deputy floor leader of the People Power Party, stated, "We will verify the Blue House special activity expenses at the National Assembly's Steering Committee" and added, "We will review them to ensure that not a single penny of the people's tax is wasted."

At the floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly on the 13th, Kim said, "Looking at next year's budget proposal, it's outrageous." On this day, the Steering Committee held a plenary session to review the next year's budget proposals under the jurisdiction of the Blue House, including the Presidential Secretariat and the National Security Office.

He pointed out, "We will correct the 2021 budget proposal of the Presidential Secretariat," adding, "It includes a large amount of special activity expenses whose usage is unknown, legal advisory costs, and tens of millions of won allocated for Blue House visitors and souvenirs."

Regarding the recent real estate jeonse crisis, he criticized, "The responsibility lies entirely with President Moon," and said, "The Moon administration should stop blaming others and the previous government, replace with a competent person, and shift the policy direction."

Entering the Steering Committee meeting that day, Representative Choi Seung-jae stated, "Chief of Staff to the Blue House, Noh Young-min, has called the public murderers," and added, "During the National Foundation Day rally, there were 50 confirmed COVID-19 cases in one day, and now there are 127, yet why are labor union rallies allowed and neglected? I cannot help but ask this question again."

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