Writing Facebook posts and holding interviews all day... "There is a National Assembly now, call me"
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jeong-hyeon and Lee Yu-lip = Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon continued his verification offensive against candidate Kim outside the National Assembly on the 15th, when the confirmation hearing for Justice Minister candidate Kim Seung-won was held.
As he was unable to participate in the hearing despite a request from Rep. Han and a request from some in the People's Power Party, including his pro-Han Dong-hoon faction, to appoint a hearing committee member, candidate Kim's answers were checked in real time through Facebook and press conferences throughout the day.
After attending a debate on the National Election Commission Reform Plan held at the National Assembly Hall, a member of the National Assembly claimed to reporters, "The off-site hearing on Kim Seung-won has been faithfully conducted with the public for the past 15 days. The public's judgment has already been made."
He continued, “If Kim Seung-won becomes the Minister of Justice, history will change. For a government that appoints such a person, three years is too long,” and “The moment Kim Seung-won becomes the Minister of Justice of the Lee Jae-myung administration, the Lee Jae-myung administration will fall.”
In addition, when Kim Min-seok, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized a lawmaker who had been attacking a lawmaker based on the suspicions of a past political fund reception case and 'room salon drinking party on the eve of May 18', saying, "I thought he was different from Yoon Seok-yeol, but he is a half-brother of the same bloodline," he responded by saying, "Who threatened you with a knife to eat 900 million won?"
He also sharpened his voice at CEO Kim with harsh expressions such as, "We talked about the New Millennium NHK Room Salon, but what is false?", "If you can't bite, don't bark", "Isn't he the person who said he would persecute and kill former President Roh Moo-hyun the most? Isn't that why you listen to Kim Min-sae?", and "Words or makgeolli?"
On Facebook, when Candidate Kim explained that he, a liberal arts graduate, did not know in advance about the drug's efficacy in relation to the Genencell CEO's presentation of false data to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, a lawmaker fiercely criticized him, saying, "Can I lobby my brother to pass a poisonous drug for the liberal arts department? 'Even though I don't know because I'm a liberal arts major,' I lobbied as my younger sister's broker told me to do, which is even worse."
In addition, "Candidate Kim shed tears during the hearing. Are they today's tears or are they the tears he wanted to see as a room salon broker in 2022?" and "Candidate Kim is in the mood, like a gangster leader, saying, 'I will personally find out who reported my crime.' My oppa, a poison lobbyist, is making a mockery of the Republic of Korea."
One lawmaker sarcastically responded to the ruling party's intensive questioning of the source of his revelations at the hearing, saying, "I'm in the National Assembly right now. Why don't you call me instead of cowardly 'talking behind my back'?" He then emphasized, “We have never disclosed who the public interest informants are, and we will continue to do so in the future.”
