Kim Dae-gi: "Yoon's Commuting Inconvenience to Citizens Not Serious... Happens in Any Country"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] Kim Dae-gi, Chief Secretary to the President, addressed concerns about President Yoon Seok-yeol's commuting traffic inconveniences, stating, "The police are monitoring the situation, but I haven't heard that it is serious," and added, "In any country, there will be such inconveniences when the president moves."

Chief Secretary Kim made these remarks on the 17th during a full meeting of the National Assembly's Steering Committee in response to questions about citizen traffic inconveniences.

He also responded that some traffic control was implemented when the president went shopping. Regarding criticism from the Democratic Party that this causes inconvenience to citizens, he retorted, "You can't expect the president to stay at the residence all the time."

In response to the criticism that despite a reduction in the number of personnel at the Presidential Office, the supplementary budget's personnel expense reduction was only 0.1% (60 million won), Chief Secretary Kim said, "We followed the Ministry of Economy and Finance's uniform guidelines," and added, "If we touched the personnel expenses, the Ministry of Economy and Finance said it would take too much time."

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