National Assembly Science and ICT Committee to Hold Hearing for Broadcasting Commission Chair Candidate Lee Jin-sook on 24-25

The confirmation hearing for nominee Lee Jin-sook for the Chairperson of the Korea Communications Commission will be held on the 24th and 25th. The opposition parties, including the Democratic Party of Korea, have announced their intention to thoroughly scrutinize the nominee.

Candidate Lee Jin-sook for the Chairperson of the Korea Communications Commission expressed her position on her nomination as she arrived at the confirmation hearing office set up near the Government Complex Gwacheon in Gyeonggi on the 8th. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

On the 16th, the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee held a plenary meeting at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, and adopted a plan to conduct the confirmation hearing for the nominee. The hearing is scheduled to take place on the 24th and 25th.

Choi Min-hee, chairperson of the committee, put the plan for a two-day hearing to a voice vote amid opposition from the ruling party. Chairperson Choi explained, "The Chairperson of the Korea Communications Commission is a very important position," adding, "The hearing should not be reduced to something that only needs to last one day." The plan was approved with 13 votes in favor and 6 against.

Opposition lawmakers argued that two days are necessary to verify the nominee’s job competence and views on the media. Jin Sung-jun, floor leader of the Democratic Party’s Policy Committee, stated at the morning party strategy meeting, "The nomination of Lee as the Chairperson of the Korea Communications Commission is a clear attempt by the regime to control the media," and pledged thorough scrutiny.

On the other hand, the ruling party opposed the two-day hearing, saying there is no precedent for ministerial-level confirmation hearings lasting two days. Choi Hyung-doo, a ruling party lawmaker and the committee’s floor leader, said regarding the two-day hearing, "Are they doing this because they lack confidence in the verification?" and added, "This hearing is the result of the Democratic Party’s shameless impeachment tactics."

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