National Assembly agrees on personnel hearing schedule for Justice Minister candidate Kim Seung-won

The National Assembly confirmation hearing for Minister of Justice Kim Seung-won will be held on the 15th.

An official from the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee told Yonhap News that the ruling and opposition parties reached this agreement on the 4th.

The personnel hearing for Special Inspector General (Special Inspector) candidate Choi Gil-soo will be held on the 18th.

It has been 11 years and 6 months since March 2015 that the National Assembly personnel hearing for a special inspector general candidate was held.

Accordingly, the Legislative and Judiciary Committee plans to adopt the personnel hearing implementation plan at the general meeting on the 9th.

Previously, through consultation between ruling and opposition party secretaries at the relevant standing committee, the ruling and opposition parties decided to hold personnel hearings for Lee Hyeong-il, candidate for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy, Lee So-young, candidate for Minister of SMEs and Startups, on the 15th, and Kang Shin-cheol and Hong Ji-sun, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, on the 16th.

Among the August 30 cabinet reshuffles for six ministries, the schedule for the confirmation hearing for Minister of Gender Equality and Family Yong Hye-in has not yet been confirmed.

An official from the National Assembly's Gender Equality and Family Committee said, "I understand that it is being coordinated to be held on either the 18th or the 22nd."