Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki and Minister of Strategy and Finance said on the 3rd that he expressed his opposition to the selection of the Democratic Party’s representative and the simultaneous promotion of disaster subsidies by the Democratic Party’s representative, “I spoke to the fiscal authorities in a modest expression.”
On that day, Deputy Prime Minister Hong met with reporters after the National Assembly plenary session, saying, “I was talking about the position of the fiscal authorities in case that any matters that have different opinions from the government will be delivered to the public as confirmed.” I think I expressed it in moderation and politeness.” Deputy Prime Minister Hong replied with a crying voice to the reporter’s question. He also said, “I heard this representative speech here, and it was the most elegant and content-rich speech during my public office.”
Deputy Prime Minister Hong, who immediately expressed opposition to President Lee’s remarks in preparation for simultaneous support for all citizens through Facebook the previous day, seemed to adjust the tone and evolve the situation. Deputy Prime Minister Hong left, saying, “I think the content I want to give was well expressed on social media yesterday. I will not answer any more.”
Deputy Prime Minister Hong used the expression’jijijiji (知止止止)’ in an article posted on Facebook the day before. Jiji Ji-ji is an expression in’Dodeok-gyeong’ and means’knowing the stop and stopping where it will stop’. For this reason, some are interpreted as saying that Hong has expressed his willingness to drop the post of deputy prime minister of the economy if he fails to block the ruling party’s policy of support. He submitted his resignation to President Moon Jae-in even when he failed to prevent the maintenance of the transfer tax imposition standard in November last year, but was rejected. There is a bar
Considering that a large amount of reserve funds were invested in the third disaster support payment, and the remaining reserve cost was only 2 trillion won, it is inevitable that the fourth disaster support fund is financed through the issuance of deficit government bonds. Based on this year’s budget, the national debt at the end of the year is expected to reach 956 trillion won, and the national debt ratio is expected to reach 47.3%.
An official from the Ministry of Science and Technology explained, “At the moment there are no fixed matters such as timing or target, we do not know how much the scale will be.”
In the Democratic Party, there was pressure to resign against Deputy Prime Minister Hong. Rep. Jung-jin Seol-hun of the fifth line criticized that “a barnkeeper who ignores the tears of common people is not qualified”.
Meanwhile, in the opposition, former lawmaker Yoo Seung-min commented on social media that “I think that the subject that the Deputy Prime Minister really wanted to ask was the president, not Lee Nak-yeon.”
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