尹 To work for the maternal 6th village, “Public duties, non-good expressions and malicious … Conflicts of interest law do not conflict at all”
In reports of ignoring internal issues and finding the whistleblower… “Obviously false” rebuttal
On the 7th, the presidential office said in relation to the controversy surrounding the work of senior administrative officer Choi, who is a relative of President Yoon Seok-yeol, “It is clearly misinformation and false information and malicious reporting to express public affairs as nonsense.”
An official from the presidential office said at a briefing that day, “A secret line is at least established when it is not in a public organization.”
This official reiterated, “It is not possible to agree from our point of view to put a malicious frame of non-goodness on people who do public work within a public organization.”
Choi is known to have been in charge of the so-called ‘official team’ (tentative name) team leader in the annex, and was mainly in charge of assistant work to Mrs. Kim.
Choi’s father and President Yun’s mother are 6th cousin, and Choi is 8th cousin to President Yun.
He also actively countered the point that Choi’s hiring could constitute a conflict of interest.
The official said, “According to the Conflict of Interest Act made by the National Assembly, it does not conflict at all.” “The family employment restrictions stipulated in this law are stipulated by spouses, direct blood relatives, brothers and sisters, and father-in-law, mother-in-law, executions, and sister-in-law living together. “He said.
“This bill is not just made,” he said.
Obviously, in this case, the bill was made because it was against the public sentiment.” He argued, “If (reporters) said ‘national sentiment’ and the hiring of a sixth-degree relative goes against the public sentiment, then it is a matter that needs to be revised.”
The official said, “If you are hired just because you are a distant relative, and you do not have the work competency, you may be able to raise a problem.
However, if you exclude (from hiring) just because you are a distant relative, rather than raising a problem about your work competency, that would also be discrimination.”
The official emphasized, “(Mr. Choi) has been involved in various tasks since the formation of the primary camp, and has been the closest aide to the president.”
When asked if there were any confirmed cases of relatives in the case of other administrators, he said, “I haven’t checked them all, but I’m telling you that in any case, there is no object of conflict under the Conflict of Interest Prevention Act.”
When asked by reporters to detail Choi’s ‘long-term work experience at a large company’, which the presidential office mentioned the day before, he replied, “It is meaningless and there is no reason to check the career details of the president’s office employees.”
However, when questions such as Choi’s specific career and work suitability continued, he said, “Of course, we are sorry that we cannot give sufficient answers to questions and queries. I will replace it by saying that I think it will be difficult to resolve whether or not it is resolved.”
Regarding the saying ‘there has been pointed out that there is negligence in managing relatives due to the abolition of the chief civil affairs office’, he said, “I can’t agree with the logic that there is no senior civil affairs office, so relative management cannot be done.” no,” he said.
The reporters also asked questions about Mr. A, the spouse of Lee Won-mo, the presidential personnel secretary, who accompanied President Yoon and his wife on the schedule of the NATO summit.
The official said, “As far as I can tell clearly, there are no legal or institutional flaws,” and emphasized, “All procedures were followed, and background check and security memorandum were all done for that part, and it was done in a clear procedure.”
When asked if the fact that Mr. A and his mother paid a total of 20 million won in political support to President Yoon, who was a presidential candidate on July 26, last year, 10 million won each, had an impact on his trip to Spain, he said, “I ask the other way around.
Do you think paying 10 million won in donations has an impact on your tour? I will answer that question instead.”
In addition, when former Blue House protocol secretary Tak Hyun-min asked about his position on criticizing Mr. A’s companion on the radio that day, he dismissed it, saying, “I will not comment on Mr. Tak’s remarks in the presidential office.”
In response to the reporter’s question of whether there are any plans to create a second annex, this official reaffirmed his position, “I have no plans to make one,” and said, “While assisting the president in the annex, and if the work of Mrs. there,” he said.
On the other hand, in a press announcement that night, the presidential office made a statement saying, “It is not true” with respect to MBC’s report that it ignored the internal problem raised about Mr. A’s participation in the tour.
Regarding the report that security regulations were strengthened to find out insiders, he said, “It is clearly false. It doesn’t matter,” he said.
/yunhap news