Yongsan Presidential Office [자료사진: 연합뉴스 제공]
When some pointed out that Mr. Choi, a cousin of President Yoon Seok-yeol, was hired as a senior administrative officer in the presidential office, as ‘nonsensical’, the presidential office refuted “It is a clear falsehood and a malicious frame to express public affairs as nonsense.”
During a briefing at the Presidential Office in Yongsan today, an official from the presidential office said, “Secret lines are established when you are not in public office,” and emphasized that “recruitment does not conflict with the Conflicts of Interest Prevention Act.”
If you exclude yourself from the profession just because you are a distant relative, that is also discrimination.
An official from the presidential office also said that Shin Mo, the wife of Human Resources Secretary Lee Won-mo, accompanied him to the NATO summit schedule.
Shin and his mother donated 10 million won each to President Yoon, who was a presidential candidate in July last year, and an official said, “Does the donation have any effect on the trip to Spain?” Do you think it has an effect?” he asked.
An official from the presidential office reaffirmed that there is no plan to create a second annex in charge of affairs related to Mrs. Kun-hee, adding, “If Mrs. Kim-related affairs occur, sufficient support will be provided within the annex.”