Cheong Wa Dae: "Will Promptly Appoint Special Inspector General If National Assembly Recommends Candidate via Plenary Session Resolution"

Regarding the Democratic Party's recommendation of lawyer Choi Gil-su as its share of the special inspector general candidate today (July 31), Cheong Wa Dae stated, "If the National Assembly recommends a candidate for the special inspector general through a plenary session resolution, we plan to proceed with the appointment promptly in accordance with the procedures."

Cheong Wa Dae made the announcement through a press notice issued by Senior Secretary to the President for Public Relations Sung Ki-hong, stating, "President Lee Jae-myung has emphasized the necessity of appointing a special inspector general since his press conference marking one month in office in July of last year, and has requested and proposed it several times since then."

Following his directive to push for the appointment of a special inspector general in July of last year, President Lee also requested the National Assembly to initiate the appointment procedure for the special inspector general in April of this year.

The special inspector general is responsible for inspecting irregularities involving relatives or specially related persons of the president, and serves a three-year term.

Upon receiving the president's request for recommendation, the National Assembly recommends three candidates from among legal professionals with 15 or more years of experience as judges, prosecutors, or lawyers, and the president nominates one of them.

The nominated candidate is then appointed after going through a National Assembly confirmation hearing procedure.

Previously, the People Power Party designated lawyer Kang Ji-sik, also a former prosecutor, as the opposition party's candidate for the special inspector general.

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