Yong Hye-in, candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, said, "I will answer at the hearing" to questions about the controversy over concurrent positions.

Yong Hye-in, a candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, said on the 7th, "I will tell you at the (personnel) hearing" about concurrently serving as a proportional representative member and whether or not the hearing will be completed.

Candidate Yong met with reporters on his way to work at the personnel hearing preparation office set up at the Korea Youth Activity Promotion Agency in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul at around 8:55 a.m. on this day, and answered questions such as "Are there any changes in your position on concurrent positions?" and "Do you plan to complete the hearing?"

Candidate Yong did not respond to questions about his position on the fact that there was a document in the so-called 'under-organization' that promoted abortion bans and education on premarital chastity, and that he was the first organizer of the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster silent march, which is known as his political starting point.

He did not open his mouth to questions such as 'Is Kim Hyun-ji, the first deputy director of the Blue House, involved in his personnel appointment?' and 'Doesn't he show the same vested interests that he has criticized?'

Candidate Yong was nominated as a candidate for the Minister of Gender Equality on the 30th of last month, and while maintaining his stance that he would not resign from his position as a proportional representative member, he has been criticized as a 'honey spoon', 'specialist', and 'quick success'.

Article 29 of the National Assembly Act stipulates that members of the National Assembly may concurrently serve as State Council members. However, in the case of proportional representation members, it has become a practice to minimize legislative gaps to resign so that the next candidate can succeed to the position.

In addition, there were suspicions that they paid their spouses salaries by skipping democratic procedures and giving them major party positions, or that they paid excessive party fees to save on taxes.

However, Candidate Yong's confirmation hearing preparation team refuted the suspicion of 'tax saving by trick', saying, "Candidate Yong has been responsible as the only member of the National Assembly of his party and has regularly paid a portion of his earned income as general party fees," and added, "This is a normal political activity."

Recently, claims were made that there was a separate original proposer, even though the profile of candidate Yong officially listed him as 'proponent of a silent march in memory of the Sewol Ferry victims.'

Former Labor Party Women's Committee Chairman Kim Yun-young appeared on JTBC's 'Genreman Yeouido' on the 4th and said, "I suggested this protest in an ironic way with the intention of moving with the bereaved family," and added, "Vice-Chancellor Park Ki-hong at the time insisted that we go to Yong Hye-in unconditionally because she was from Ansan."

The Vice-Chancellor Park mentioned by former Women's Committee Chairman Kim is Park Ki-hong, Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Planning of the Basic Income Party, Candidate Yong's husband.