[정치]Park Hyung-jun, suspicion of preferential treatment of fruit tree sculptures in the National Assembly…

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The power of the people There were suspicions that the Busan Mayor Park Hyeong-joon gave preferential treatment in the process of selecting artists for works of art installed in the National Assembly while serving as secretary general of the National Assembly.

The Democratic Party is planning to accuse Candidate Park of abuse of authority, but Park’s side is protesting that he was not involved in the author selection process at all.

Reporter Baek Jong-gyu reported.

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It is a large fruit tree sculpture located on the edge of the National Assembly, which is rarely crowded.

It is a shape of colorful fruits.

It was in the square in front of the National Assembly, but it was moved because it did not match the atmosphere of the National Assembly.

This sculpture was created with a budget of 130 million won in 2015, when Busan Mayor Park Hyeong-joon, the power of the people, served as the secretary-general of the National Assembly.

The artist of this sculpture is Choi Mo, an installation artist who is known to have participated in the design and construction of the gallery run by Mrs. Park Candidate.

Suspicions have been raised that Candidate Hyung-Joon Park was deeply involved in the process of selecting an artist.

This is the e-mail data exchanged between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism officials and the National Assembly officials at that time.

It says that it is recommended by the Secretary General of the National Assembly, Hyung-Joon Park.

The committee to select writers was held in March of that year, and the time of sending and receiving e-mails is in January, much earlier than that.

Based on this, the Democratic Party sees it as pressure, not just a recommendation from Park.

[김승원 / 더불어민주당 의원 : 심사위원들마저도 박 후보 측 사람들로 추천을 받아서 이뤄진 것으로써 단순한 추천
그 이상의 압력이 있다는 의혹이 있습니다.]

Democratic Party candidate Kim Young-chun held an emergency press conference and claimed that Park had been lied at the last debate along with charges of abuse of authority.
He said he plans to file charges for publicizing false facts.

[김영춘 / 더불어민주당 부산시장 후보 (지난 1일) : 지금 말씀처럼 박 후보님은 그 과일나무 작품 선정에 전혀 관여한 적 없다 이 말씀이고요. 그렇죠?]

[박형준 / 국민의힘 부산시장 후보 (지난 1일) : 그 과정에서 제가 예산과 관련해 어떤 것도 관여한 바 없습니다.]

Candidate Park explained that there were only opinions about good writers.

[박형준 부산시장 후보 캠프 관계자 : 좋은 작가에 대한 의사 개진을 했을 뿐 선정 과정에 어떤 역할도 하지 않았습니다. 의사 결정권자가 아니었습니다. 권한 밖의 일이었습니다.]

Just a few days before the elections, new accusations are continuing.

Depending on how the facts are revealed, the aftereffects are likely to remain after the election.

YTN Baek Jong-gyu[[email protected]]is.

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