Song Eon-seok Criticizes Democratic Party for Delaying Special Inspector Recommendation
The People Power Party (PPP) has finalized its candidate recommendations
Song Eon-seok, the floor leader of the People Power Party, urged the Democratic Party to begin the special inspector recommendation process during a policy meeting held at the National Assembly on the 9th.
Song mentioned President Lee Jae-myung’s promise during his 30-day inauguration press conference to appoint a special inspector. He criticized, “For the past six months, the presidential office has repeatedly promised recommendations from the National Assembly, and the Democratic Party has been deceiving the public by delaying the process as part of a political act.”
He also announced, “The PPP has already completed the process of recommending candidates for the special inspector position.”
Yoo Sang-beom, the chief deputy floor leader, also called for the appointment of a special inspector, highlighting recent personnel request messages exchanged between Kim Nam-guk, former digital communication secretary of the presidential office, and Moon Jin-seok, senior deputy floor leader of the Democratic Party. The messages mentioned Kim Hyun-ji, the chief secretary of the presidential office’s first annex, with Deputy Leader Yoo questioning whether the informal address “Hyun-jin nuna” was customarily used, and criticized the presidential office for not providing a single line of clarification. “As Secretary Kang Hoon-sik stated, a special inspector must be appointed promptly to clarify the various allegations surrounding Kim Hyun-ji,” he insisted.
The special inspector is responsible for inspecting the president, the president’s family, and senior officials of the presidential office. When the National Assembly receives a request from the president, it recommends three candidates who have served as judges, prosecutors, or lawyers for at least 15 years, from which the president appoints one.