Could the First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Without a Confirmation Hearing Appear?
[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] For the first time in history, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to be appointed without a confirmation hearing. Although the government sent the confirmation hearing request for candidate Kim Seung-gyeom (Korea Military Academy Class 42) to the National Assembly on the 30th of last month, the hearing has not been held.
On the 21st, a military official said, “According to the relevant law, the National Assembly must hold a confirmation hearing within 20 days from the date of sending the hearing request, but since the National Defense Committee of the National Assembly, which should hold the hearing, has not been formed, the deadline has passed as of today.”
As the National Assembly remains closed, on the 13th, for the first time in history, a National Tax Service Commissioner candidate was appointed without a hearing. For now, President Yoon Seok-yeol is expected to request the National Assembly to resend the confirmation hearing report on candidate Kim on the 21st.
If the confirmation hearing report is resent to the National Assembly, the remaining legal period will be 10 days. If the confirmation hearing is not held by the 1st of next month, President Yoon can immediately appoint candidate Kim as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Within the military, given the high possibility of North Korea’s seventh nuclear test and other provocations, it is expected that the appointment of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will be pushed through. This implies that the political burden is less than that of candidates Park Soon-ae, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education, and Kim Seung-hee, Minister of Health and Welfare, whose confirmation hearing schedules are currently stalled.
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Some speculate that if President Yoon schedules the resubmission period for the confirmation hearing report of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as soon as possible, the appointment could be made within this week.
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