Kim Je-dong, Bong Joon-ho, Jung Woo-sung to appear at the Im Jin-suk hearing… Ruling party accuses them of “arrogance and entitlement”

Witnesses and informants adopted… Opposition party accuses the ruling party of selecting entertainers to testify, 16th, at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, at the plenary session of the Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, members of the ruling Democratic Party expressing approval of the confirmation hearing plan for the broadcasting and communication commission chairman candidate Lee Jin-suk. The committee decided to hold the confirmation hearing for Lee Jin-suk, the candidate for the chairman of the broadcasting and communication commission, for two days on the 24th and 25th at today’s meeting. The plan was adopted. 2024.7.16/News1 ⓒ News1 Kim Min-ji Reporter,
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, ‘(Seoul=News1) Reporter Park So-eun = Members of the main opposition party’s Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee expressed their opposition to the adoption of a confirmation plan for Lee Jin-suk, the broadcasting and communication commission chairman candidate on the 16th, stating, “We urge the ruling Democratic Party not to confuse the confirmation hearing system with absurd claims and misconduct and to complete the verification accurately and expeditiously within the designated time.”‘,
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, ‘Members of the main opposition party’s Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee issued a statement in the afternoon, saying, “Today, when the people see the list of informants adopted by the Democratic Party, they will gag.”
In the afternoon of that day, the committee adopted a confirmation plan to conduct a confirmation hearing for the candidate for the chairman of the broadcasting and communication commission for two days on the 24th and 25th. It is rare for a confirmation hearing with a minister or minister-level candidate, rather than the Prime Minister or Chief Justice candidate, to be conducted over two days. Confirmation hearings for minister-level candidates usually took place for one day.’,
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, ‘As the ruling and opposition parties could not agree on the schedule, a vote was taken on the adoption of the confirmation plan, with 13 in favor and 6 against. Among the opposition members, all agreed while 6 out of 7 members of the main opposition party expressed their opposition. Member Choi Soo-jin did not participate.’,
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, ‘In response, members of the main opposition party’s committee criticized, “Today, the Democratic Party forcefully voted alone to hold a confirmation hearing for the opposition party’s candidate for the broadcasting and communication commission chairman for two days, which is unprecedented in a political retaliation without any relevance to the verification of the candidate’s public duties.”‘,
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, ‘Members of the committee said, “The National Assembly confirmation hearings are supposed to be completed within 15 days by the National Assembly for presidential appointments.” They also pointed out that the Democratic Party voted alone to conduct the confirmation hearing until the last day of the legal deadline and the next day.’,
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, ‘Furthermore, they strongly criticized, “Moreover, looking at the list of witnesses and informants submitted by the Democratic Party today, it is filled with names that have no direct relevance to the verification of the candidate for the chairman of the broadcasting and communication commission. By summoning celebrities, who have been criticized by the Democratic Party and the media union affiliated with it, as witnesses and later prosecuting them for non-attendance as witnesses, it is perceived as an attempt to carry out political retaliation.”‘,
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, ‘They also pointed out, “Looking at the list of informants announced as witnesses, it is filled with famous celebrities. Summoning unrelated famous entertainers to the National Assembly en masse just because the candidate Lee Jin-suk mentioned them in a lecture is the arrogance and arrogance of the National Assembly.” They also criticized, “Even Lee Jun-seok, a member of the newly formed Reformation Party, was summoned as an informant by the Democratic Party, which is excessive to the extent that it can be interpreted as trying to force celebrities to choose sides politically.”‘,
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, ‘The list of celebrities included in the witnesses proposed by the Democratic Party for the confirmation hearing for the candidate includes Kang Sung-bum, Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Mi-hwa, Kim Jae-dong, Moon So-ri, Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, as well as Seol Un-do, So Yoo-jin, Jung Woo-sung, among others. The purpose is to inquire about the candidate’s cultural and artistic preferences.’,
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, ‘Members of the committee also pointed out that “This confirmation hearing is the result of the Democratic Party’s impeachment in an unprecedented manner. In order to resolve the issues of the two-person broadcasting and communication commission system advocated by the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party must recommend two commission members that it can recommend on its own at this confirmation hearing stage.”.’