In response to the attack on Lee Yong-cheol's Daejang-dong suspicions, he said, "There was no business plan at the time."

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jeong-jin = On the 7th, the Democratic Party of Korea refuted point by point the People Power Party's suspicions and attacks on Defense Acquisition Program Administration Director Lee Yong-cheol, who was nominated as the new Minister of Justice.

Spokesperson Shin Hyun-young posted a post on Facebook that day, emphasizing the candidate's expertise and stating that he had nothing to do with the suspicions related to Daejeon-dong.

First, regarding his expertise as Minister of Justice, he said, "This candidate is a member of the Lawyers for a Democratic Society (Minbyun) and is a legal professional with more than 30 years of experience who has worked to protect human rights and promote democratic values."

At the same time, he countered the conservative opposition's so-called Seongnam Line personnel offensive, saying, "He served as the second secretary for civil affairs and the legal secretary of the Blue House in the participatory government, and is a talented person who handled a wide range of areas of the Ministry of Justice, including anti-corruption system reform and prosecution policy, as well as justice, corrections, immigration, human rights, and crime prevention."

He also said of this candidate that the People Power Party said, "In 2010, when Daejang-dong key man Yoo Dong-gyu was appointed as the head of the planning headquarters of the Seongnam City Facilities Management Corporation, he participated as a member of the executive recommendation committee and gave Mr. Yoo a high evaluation score." Regarding this candidate, who identified him as the "hidden architect of Daejang-dong," he said, "At the time, there was no plan for the Daejang-dong project itself."

He said, "In the process of selecting executives at the Seongnam Facilities Management Corporation and evaluating Yoo Dong-gyu, in which candidate Lee participated, the selection of executives at that time was not done by the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, but during the Seongnam Facilities Management Corporation era," and added, "It is also known that all five members of the executive recommendation committee gave Yoo Dong-gyu the top score."

In addition, he said about candidate Lee's career related to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, "He contributed to the establishment of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration to specialize in defense and suppress corruption in the defense industry," and added, "The candidate's reformism and administrative power are necessary for establishing a new criminal justice system, so they can seek to stabilize prosecution reform."

The previous day, the Democratic Party also said in a comment by Spokesperson Lee Yong-woo that this cabinet reshuffle "embodies the will to respond more carefully to the demands of the people and improve the performance of state affairs," and that "we expect it to add vitality to state administration."