<기사제목>Presidential Office "Request to Resend Lee Dong-kwan's Hearing Report Today"

Acting Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission's Term Ends After 23 Days... Persistent Differences Between Ruling and Opposition Parties

President Yoon Suk-yeol plans to request the National Assembly to resend the confirmation hearing report for nominee Lee Dong-gwan, candidate for Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, on the 22nd.

A senior official from the Presidential Office said to reporters at the Yongsan Presidential Office on the same day, when asked about the plan to request the resubmission of the hearing report for the nominee, "We plan to request it today."

Lee Dong-gwan, nominee for Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, is taking an oath at the confirmation hearing held at the National Assembly on the 18th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

The ruling and opposition parties failed to agree on holding a full meeting of the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee the previous day to adopt the hearing report for the nominee. The People Power Party argued that the full meeting should be held only after an agreement on whether to adopt the hearing report is reached, while the Democratic Party of Korea demanded that the full meeting be held on the day as per the agreement between the party coordinators.

Due to the difference in positions between the ruling and opposition parties, it is suggested that President Yoon may appoint nominee Lee as the new Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission around the 24th, as the acting term of Kim Hyo-jae, the acting chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, expires on the 23rd. According to the Public Official Confirmation Hearing Act, the National Assembly must complete the adoption of the hearing report within 20 days from the date the hearing request is submitted. President Yoon sent the hearing request for nominee Lee to the National Assembly on the 1st of this month. If the adoption deadline of the 21st passes, President Yoon can request the National Assembly to resend the report within a 10-day period, and if the National Assembly does not respond to the resubmission request, the nominee can be appointed from the following day.

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