Kim Moonsoo: Yoon Administration Engages in Pro-Yoon 'Albakgi' at Educational Institutions and Facilities

"Constitutional Court Justice Appointment Delayed...
Deceiving the Public"

Moonsoo Kim, Member of the National Assembly.

Kim Moonsu, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea (representing Suncheon, Gwangyang, Gokseong, and Gurye-gap in South Jeolla Province), criticized on the 5th, "Appointing a pro-Yoon figure to the Korea Educational Facilities Safety Institute (hereafter referred to as the Safety Institute) is an act of deceiving the public through entrenchment."

In a press release on the same day, Kim stated, "According to confirmations from the Ministry of Education and the Safety Institute, an individual who previously served as the Presidential Office's Public Proposal Secretary has been appointed as the chairman and officially began duties on the 5th," adding, "This person is a prominent pro-Yoon figure who served as the White Paper Compilation Committee Chair and the Public Proposal Center Director in President Yoon Suk-yeol's Presidential Transition Committee."

The Safety Institute is an organization responsible for supporting the rapid restoration of school facilities, disaster prevention projects, and minimizing disaster risks in educational facilities, thereby ensuring their safety. However, the appointee is known to be a former politician with no connection to educational facility safety.

In particular, this appointment has sparked even greater controversy as it was made while President Yoon faces an impending Constitutional Court impeachment trial. It stands in stark contrast to Acting President Choi Sangmok's decision to withhold the appointment of Ma Eunhyeok as a Constitutional Court Justice nominee.

Kim further pointed out, "It is a clear double standard to delay the appointment of a justice, who must safeguard the fairness of the Constitutional Court, while pushing through an appointment that serves the interests of the administration," and added, "Turning the crucial national task of educational facility safety into a tool for political interests is an act of deceiving the public."

Kim also stated, "The appointment of the Safety Institute chairman must go through procedures such as review by the appointment committee, presidential approval, and appointment by the Minister of Education. Forcing this through while presidential authority is suspended is an unconstitutional abuse of power and arbitrary tyranny," adding, "Appointing someone with no direct relevance to educational facility safety undermines the original function of the public institution and is tantamount to neglecting public safety."

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