Father ‘Gangneung City Election Commissioner’… Recruitment controversy spreads

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July 17, 2022
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The so-called private hiring controversy in the presidential office is on the rise.

It has been confirmed that the father of the person who was hired as an administrative agent for the Presidential Office on the recommendation of Acting Representative Kwon Seong-dong, the representative of People’s Power, is an election commissioner in the acting district.

Correspondent Lee Ki-joo.

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Mr. Woo, the son of President Yoon Seok-yeol’s Gangneung acquaintance, was hired as a 9th-level administrative agent in the presidential office.

Controversy over ‘private hiring’ arose when it was revealed that he had paid 10 million won to President Yoon during the presidential election.

Then, Acting Representative Kwon Seong-dong, the People’s Power, hurriedly started the evolution.

Acting Kwon met with reporters and said, “I know Mr. Woo well from a young age, and I have enough capabilities.”

He also said, “It’s not a high position, and I entered the 9th grade administrative staff, but what are you doing with that?”

Then, through his SNS, he mentioned Park Seong-min, a former youth secretary of the Blue House under the Moon Jae-in government, and asked, “Is it fair recruitment to appoint a 25-year-old young man as the first-class secretary of the Blue House?”

He insisted that Mr. Woo’s recruitment was a fair one, but the controversy only grew.

Initially, it was confirmed that the father of President Yoon and Kwon’s Gangneung acquaintance, Woo’s father, was not only the president of a small business, but also a member of the Gangneung City Election Commission, which is Kwon’s constituency.

The Democratic Party launched an offensive, calling it a ‘recruitment farm’.

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“If you are asked to hire a child of a local election commissioner who is supposed to be neutral, and you exert pressure on private employment (in the presidential office), you can only suspect the solicitation of employment that may cause a conflict of interest.”

Acting Kwon’s side did not give any additional stance on this, and the people’s power should closely examine whether there is a conflict of interest, but countered that there is no problem with the hiring process of the presidential office itself.

This is Lee Ki-joo from MBC News.