Ahn Cheol-soo and Yoon Seok-youl Clash Over 'Labor Director System'... "Blow to Public Enterprise Reform" VS "Sanction for Moral Hazard"

Statement in the second TV debate on the evening of the 11th
Ahn Cheol-soo "There is a part you misunderstand, but do you still agree?"
Yoon Seok-yeol "If there had been a Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power labor director, the nuclear power economic evaluation manipulation would not have occurred"

Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party, Sim Sang-jung of the Justice Party, Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party, and Yoon Seok-youl of the People Power Party, presidential candidates (from left), are taking a commemorative photo before the start of the 2022 presidential candidate invitation debate hosted by the Korea Journalists Association and jointly organized by six broadcasting companies at the Maeil Business Newspaper Media Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 11th. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporters Bomryeong Geum, Hyunji Kwon] Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, and Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, clashed over the introduction of the 'Labor Director System.'

On the evening of the 11th, during the second TV debate hosted by the Korea Journalists Association, Candidate Ahn stated, "Strong aristocratic labor unions are blocking the creation of new jobs for young people. Because their own treatment is much more important, companies cannot hire new people, and if the Labor Director System is introduced, public enterprise reform could be seriously damaged." Candidate Yoon supports the introduction of the Labor Director System.

Candidate Ahn continued, "In one article, it was said, 'Labor directors are not necessarily from labor unions; many are lawyers from labor unions.' But upon actual investigation, among 26 labor directors in 20 public enterprises under Seoul City, 15 were from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and 7 were from the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU). This is a misconception, so do you still support the Labor Director System?"

Candidate Yoon responded, "Public institutions belong to the people, so it is necessary to have directors appointed by the government and others with different perspectives to restrain moral hazard," adding, "If there had been a labor director at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), the manipulation of the nuclear power plant economic feasibility evaluation would not have occurred."

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