When it became known that candidate Park Bum-gye had been missing thousands of pyeong of land in the property report for eight years, the power of the people raged.
Candidate Park Beom-gye, Minister of Justice, is wearing glasses before revealing his feelings in the press room of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 4th. 2021.1.4 Reporter Lim Hyun-dong
Regarding the report on the JoongAng Ilbo that candidate Park was missing some land when reporting property for 8 years, spokesman Yoon Hee-seok of People’s Power made a comment on the 4th and said, “The land of thousands of pyeong acquired at the age of 7 has been omitted from property reporting over the past 8 years. In 2003, when I was the Blue House secretary, it was the land that was included in the property report. Spokesman Yoon said, “I have endured the stubborn Minister of Justice for a year who used dogmatism and self-righteousness. There was also a predecessor who shook the country with all kinds of suspicions,” he said. “Would the people be willing to accept Park’s suspicious candidate as the Minister of Justice? Another’problem minister’ should be avoided.” It was a sniper of candidate Park against former Ministers of Justice Chu Miae and Cho Kook, who were former ministers.
In-house spokesman Bae Hyun-jin also said, “The post-war context and logic are completely inconsistent with the fact that I was a lawmaker and omission what I reported while in the Blue House.” ‘
Immediately after the JoongAng Ilbo report that day, candidate Park lowered his head, saying, “I consider it to be his own irrespective of the circumstances.” However, the opposition party is planning to continue its offensive regardless of whether candidate Park apologizes or not.
In fact, opposition lawmakers from the National Assembly’s Legislative Judiciary Committee, who are about to have a personnel hearing on candidate Park, pointed out that “a very inadequate history as a senior public official.” Rep. Jeon Joo-hye said, “It only passed the statute of limitations, and in fact, this is a matter that had to be prosecuted for violating the election law,” he said. “It is very inappropriate for high-ranking officials to omit it for eight years.”
Meanwhile, it was also revealed that candidate Park once omitted another land and building from the contents of the property disclosure. According to the contents of Candidate Park’s property report for public officials, Candidate Park omitted the land and buildings in Miryang City, Gyeongnam, which was donated by his wife in November 2018, from the contents of the property disclosure in March 2019, and then included it in the contents of the property disclosure in March 2020.
Regarding these’mistakes’, a member of the Power of the People criticized, “I will see if the person holding a hammer can only see it, he is tolerant of his moral flaws, and approaches the prosecution with zero tolerance.”
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