Deadline without recommendation for the third candidate of the Ministry of Public Transport … On the 28th, the old unique electoral reality

Entry 2020.12.23 18:56

Kim Jin-wook and Jeon Hyun-jung are the most prominent among the eight existing candidates

The Nominating Committee for the Candidate for Head of the Office of Investigation of Crimes of Senior Public Officials (KPA) announced that although additional recommendations were received for candidates for Head of Public Affairs at 6 pm on the 23rd, no candidates were received . Consequently, the head of the Airborne Division came out of the eight candidates already recommended. Investigator Kim Jin-wook and lawyer Jeon Hyun-jung, who received the most five votes in the previous meeting, are expected to be elected.

In a text message sent to reporters the same day, lawyer Lee Heon, a member of the opposition party’s recommendation, said: “After the 18th meeting, we looked for the right person and contacted each other, but we summed it up as no. being able to make additional recommendations due to the testimony of the subjects “. The lawyers explained that the recommenders died for reasons such as’ I do not want to present myself as a maid of honor while the opposition veto is denied.

At the meeting on the 18th, as it was known that the Minister of Justice, Choo Mi-ae, had proposed a sudden postponement of the meeting, he noted that there is the possibility of new recommendations from political and legal circles, such as lawyer Lee Kwang -beom (61), former chief judge of the Seoul High Court. It came out, but no more recommendations.

Accordingly, at the sixth meeting on the 28th, the recommendation committee will select the last two candidates from among the existing candidates (Principal Investigator Jin-wook Kim, Vice Chairman of the Korea National Rights Commission Lee Kun-ri, Unsik Choi, Hyun-jeong Jeon, Dong-ju Kwon, Jong-min Jeon, Chan-woo Kang, and Gyeong-soo Kim) at the sixth meeting.

The People’s Power decided to recommend the successor to the resigned opposition party recommendation member, Lim Jeong-hyuk, on the 24th. At the nominating committee meeting on the 28th, seven members of the nominating committee, including one successor, recommend candidates for the post of Minister of Public Transport.

If the recommendation committee recommends two candidates on the afternoon of the 28th, President Moon Jae-in is expected to immediately nominate one of the two candidates on the 29th of the following day and hold a personal audience (20) in January of next year. Even if the report of the personal audience is not adopted against the opposition party, the airlift will be launched in earnest at the end of January next year. The opposition party is expected to appeal to public opinion by conducting a punch check in a personal hearing on the candidate for chief of the airlift.