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Candidate Chang-Hum Byun, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport attended the hearing of personnel of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport held in the National Assembly on the 23rd. Newsis
At the National Assembly staff hearing held on the 23rd, candidate Byeon Chang-heum, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, apologized more than 10 times. In 2016, the conscience of the appointment of the last minister fell in the controversy over the ‘last word’ towards Kim Mo-gun, victim of the ‘Guui station accident’. But the gaze that watched him was cold. Rather, in the process of clearing up the derogatory remarks against the low-income class, only one other bias towards women was exposed.
‘Guui Station Accident’ Apologizes For Kim Gun’s Last Words Only … Opposition Urges ‘Voluntary Resignation’
Candidate Byeon bowed his head at the beginning of the hearing that day. This is because the comments he made at an executive meeting when he was president of the Seoul Urban and Housing Corporation (SH) to Kim Gun, a non-regular worker who died in the “ Guui station accident ” in 2016, they were resounding. He said more than 10 times, saying, “I sincerely apologize to all those who have been hurt by my comments.”
However, the opposition party clarified its opposition to the appointment, saying that candidate Byeon’s remarks cannot be seen as “a mere ‘word mistake'”. Representative Kim Hee-guk called for the voluntary resignation and said: “He did not have the minimum dignity to be equipped not as a member of the State Council but as a human being.” The legislator of the Justice Party, Shim Sang-jeong, who insists on passing the Law of Business Penalization for Severe Accidents of the National Assembly to protect non-regular workers, decided to take in the mother of Kim Gun, victim of the ‘accident from Guui ‘station. Representative Sim said, “I think the recognition of candidate Byeon, who said that ‘(Kim’s grieving family) died due to their own mistake or carelessness’ killed my son and took my life.” The government pointed to the public sentiment that (Candidate Byun) is not suitable.
At the hearing that day, candidate Byeon raised another controversy with his comments that revealed a distorted perception of women. In 2016, when he was president of SH, in the process of clarifying the ‘last words’ for the low-income class, “The people who do not eat at home or buy food because they are crazy?” Candidate Byeon said, ” If you’re a woman,) I’m very careful to eat together. ” In this regard, the legislator of the Democratic Party Jin Sun-mi, who served as president of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Minister of Gender Equality and Family, said that “we are concerned that it may promote prejudice against women.” Candidate Byeon then expressed his regret, saying, “It seems like it might have caused a different misunderstanding from the listeners’ perspective.”
Ceremony to fulfill the appointment of the Blue House? Total denial of other suspicions, such as preferential employment
Candidate Byeon simply denied all the suspicions surrounding him. At Citizens’ Alliance for Environmental Justice, where Byun was the director of the center, the eldest daughter’s volunteer career was refuted on suspicion of ‘Dad Chance’, saying: “I wrote only in the draft and did not actually write (in the study plan)”. When he was president of SH Corporation, he said he was “negative” on suspicion of “blacklisting”, saying, “It was through competition because great people requested it.” On this, remarks flowed around the opposition party, saying: “Hasn’t the Blue House solidified the policy to enforce the appointment anyway?” In order to minimize the public’s reaction, he only bowed his head to comments related to Kim Gun, which became a decisive issue and he defended thoroughly against other suspicions.
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