Nomination Hearing Report for Park Sang-woo, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Adopted... Opposition's 'Unqualified' Opinion Also Noted

The National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee held a plenary meeting on the morning of the 21st and adopted the personnel hearing report for Park Sang-woo, the nominee for Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Park's personnel hearing was held the previous day.

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport nominee Park Sang-woo is smiling at the confirmation hearing held at the National Assembly on the 20th. / Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

The personnel hearing report included both qualified and unqualified opinions. The People Power Party stated that Park, a former official of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport who has held key positions and served as the president of Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), has accumulated extensive practical experience in housing supply, urban planning, and transportation infrastructure expansion, and thus expressed a 'qualified' opinion. The People Power Party said, "(Park) is expected to resolve the numerous pending issues in the land and transportation sectors and faithfully fulfill his role."

Opposition lawmakers expressed an 'unqualified' opinion, citing that Park established a real estate consulting company after resigning as LH president, which they argued constitutes a 'revolving door cartel.' The opposition described it as a "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport interest cartel," pointing out that it would be difficult to dismantle the cartel of interests between the Ministry and LH and to promote organizational reform. They also cited suspicions of creating under-the-table contracts and responsibility for LH's deficit crisis as reasons for disqualification.

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