Input 2021.03.10 15:12 | Revision 2021.03.10 16:50
4⋅7 By-election’s biggest issue
It’s infested with hard theory, but the phrase “Byeon Chang-heum is not hard”
The public sentiment, which was infested with soaring real estate prices, exploded due to the exposure of allegations of speculation in the third new city, including Siheung and Gwangmyeong, by employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH). In the midst of this, the former president, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Byun Chang-heum struck a headwind of public opinion with Du Dun-sung’s remarks, “It seems that he did not invest because he knew the development information in advance. It looks like.
Minister Byeon faced a headwind of public opinion with a staggering remark that’it seems that it did not seem to have invested in advance knowing the development information’ to LH employees who were designated as speculators. On the previous day (9th), in an emergency question on the National Assembly’s Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, the ruling and opposition lawmakers focused on Byeon’s remarks and demanded to resign.
It seems correct that the Democratic Party considered Byun’s resignation as the party approval rating fell after the LH crisis. Lee Nak-yeon, who retired from the party’s leadership the day before, discussed the issue of Minister Byeon with the candidates for the Seoul-Busan mayoral by-election. A key Democratic Party official also said, “I am concerned that this LH crisis will have a direct adverse effect on the Seoul Mayor’s by-election in April.”
However, the party leadership finally decided that’Minister Byun should not resign’. A passport official said, “This LH incident is not a problem that can be solved if Secretary Byeon resigns,” and said, “A side effect of not solving the real estate problem.” The LH incident was fueled by an angry public sentiment due to the surge in house prices due to the real estate situation of the former minister, but it is not an important issue as a single incident.
The official said, “If Minister Byeon is hardened, the issue of personnel verification of the Moon Jae-in regime will spread, and if this happens, it may face headwinds in the second half of the regime.” The party is said to have determined that the decline in male approval ratings in 2030 does not significantly interfere with the trend.
However, there are concerns within the party that “just a month before the election, Minister Byeon touched sensitive public sentiment.” The ruling party also publicly claimed the resignation of Minister Byeon Chang-heum the day before. Park Soo-hyun, chairman of the Public Relations and Communication Committee of the Democratic Party, who was a spokesman for the Blue House, said in TV Chosun, “(Minister Byun) should take responsibility and resign sooner or later, if not today.”
Democratic Party Policy Committee Chairman Hong Ik-pyo also said in a radio interview, “If (Minister Byun) is involved in corruption and has been involved or acknowledged, we have to be held accountable.” Minister Byeon said in an emergency report on the plenary meeting of the National Land Committee on the previous day, “I will take responsibility if there is any part that I can take responsibility for,” and “I will do my best in any case.”
On the other hand, chief spokesman Choi said, “The ethics inspection team will promptly investigate the issue and thoroughly investigate whether there is a problem,” even regarding the controversy over the controversy about the purchase of land near the third new town by Lee Won-young’s mother’s mother. When asked,’Is permanent expulsion possible?’, he said, “Investigation takes precedence.” The Democratic Party said on the 8th that it would be permanently expelled if an elected official was caught speculating on real estate in a new city.