Jeon-gyo-jo "Withdraw the Nomination of Deputy Prime Minister Candidate Kim In-cheol"

Calls to Withdraw Nomination Amid Repeated Candidate Fraud Allegations
"Enjoying Various Privileges Yet Showing No Remorse"

Kim In-cheol, the nominee for Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education, arrived at the confirmation hearing preparation office set up at the Korea Educational Facilities Safety Institute in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 14th, responding to questions from the press. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) urged on the 26th the withdrawal of the nomination of Kim In-cheol as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education.

In a statement released that day, the KTU said, "We cannot understand what kind of thinking led to the nomination of someone who enjoyed special privileges by crossing the boundary between legal and illegal as the Minister of Education candidate," adding, "Teachers feel not only anger but also despair over the fact that the ministerial candidate, who is supposed to oversee education from nationwide kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools to universities, enjoyed various special privileges using 'dad chance,' 'spouse chance,' and 'self chance'."

Candidate Kim is suspected of accounting fraud during his tenure as president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, providing grade privileges to professional golfers, conducting a full survey to identify wealthy parents, self-approving concurrent positions as outside director of a large corporation, and granting foundation scholarships to his entire family while serving as president of the Fulbright Alumni Association.

The KTU pointed out, "Candidate Kim has remained silent despite saying he would respond to various allegations at the hearing," and emphasized, "If Candidate Kim does not voluntarily withdraw, it is appropriate for President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol to revoke the nomination."

The KTU stated, "The Minister of Education has the responsibility to guarantee the right to education and, as Deputy Prime Minister for social affairs, the responsibility to solve various social issues. The minister must be more moral and honest than any other minister and is required to have a proper value system and communication skills regarding education, labor, welfare, human rights, and history," adding, "Candidate Kim fails in all these aspects and is more immoral than any other ministerial candidate."

The KTU declared, "If President-elect Yoon truly wants to create a society where various chances and special privileges do not work, he should step forward and withdraw the nomination of Candidate Kim In-cheol," and warned, "If the appointment of Kim In-cheol as Minister of Education is forcibly carried out, it will face massive resistance from the public."

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