Yeo Cho Seung-rae: "Lee Dong-gwan has multiple disqualifying reasons, not just one... Absolutely disqualified"

As the deadline for adopting the confirmation hearing report for nominee Lee Dong-gwan, Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, approaches on the 21st, Cho Seung-rae, the opposition party secretary of the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee (STIBC) from the Democratic Party of Korea, stated, "Since the nominee has multiple disqualifying reasons, he is absolutely disqualified, not just disqualified," and said that the report would not be adopted.

On the 21st, Cho said on MBC's "Kim Jong-bae's Focus," "The ruling party will likely request to mark the nominee as either qualified or both qualified and disqualified. However, we view the nominee as so disqualified that even marking both qualified and disqualified is unacceptable. Therefore, if a report is adopted, it must be a disqualification report."

Candidate for Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, Lee Dong-gwan, is talking with officials at the confirmation hearing held at the National Assembly on the 18th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

After holding the confirmation hearings for the nominee on the 18th and 19th, both ruling and opposition parties are clashing over the adoption of the hearing report. The opposition emphasizes the nominee's disqualification citing allegations of school violence involving his children and media control suspicions, while the ruling party responds that the opposition is unconditionally obstructing the government.

Cho pointed out, "There is no shortage of disqualifying issues," adding, "In the case of other public office nominees, there have already been many cases where a single issue such as school violence, media control, or gift tax evasion led to their withdrawal."

He also criticized the nominee's attitude during the hearing. Regarding the nominee's response to calls for resignation, saying he would "think about it over lunch," Cho said, "His attitude itself is very arrogant," and "He does not answer the committee members' questions with sincerity but rather to evade the momentary crisis."

Furthermore, he said, "Regarding issues like the gift tax problem, when asked, he responded with things like 'You committee members should make the laws,' which shows a real problem with his attitude," adding, "The committee members conduct the hearing on behalf of the people, and judging by his attitude toward them, we could confirm through his behavior whether he is suitable as a public servant serving the people."

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