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Lim Gwang-hyeon, head of the National Tax Service, was selected as the second chief of staff at the Blue House under the Lee Jae-myung administration.
Park Jie-won "Don't go to the secretary's office and tell the president 'no'"
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Jung-hoon = The Democratic Party of Korea said on the 14th that National Tax Service Director Lim Kwang-hyeon was selected as Chief of Staff for the second term of the Blue House under the Lee Jae-myung administration, saying, "We believe that he will reliably assist the President by creating changes in the lives of the people that the people can feel."
Chief Spokesperson Park Seong-joon made this statement in a written briefing that day, mentioning Commissioner Lim's comment that "the Blue House's daily needs must be as desperate as the citizens' daily lives are desperate."
Regarding Commissioner Lim, who begins his term on the 15th, he said, "As he served as a member of the 22nd National Assembly and has extensive experience in the National Assembly and the government, he is the right person to speed up the performance of national affairs through cooperation between the party, the government, and the Blue House. As the government's first head of the National Tax Service, he achieved unprecedented results in the problem of large amounts of arrears that had been unresolved for a long time and established tax justice."
Supreme Council member Yong-gi Yong also welcomed the announcement on Facebook, saying, “A person who works with numbers, not words, stands next to the president,” and “This is a big picture for the Lee Jae-myung administration.”
Representative Park Jie-won (5 terms), who served as the President's Chief of Staff during the Kim Dae-jung administration, commented on Facebook, "It is an unexpected and unexpected appointment, but it is certain to be highly regarded," and advised, "So far, only the '3 Chiefs of Staff' (Chief of Staff, Chief of Policy, and Chief of Security) are visible, and the Chief of Staff, as well as the Prime Minister and Cabinet, are rarely seen. I also advise you to keep in mind the saying that a secretary has no mouth."
He also added, "Don't let the secretary's office step in, coordinate and organize the policies and work of the cabinet and assist the president in his judgment." He added, "The way to become a famous chief of staff to the people and the president is to occasionally say, 'President, that's not right.'"
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