Repeatedly Saying "I Will Explain at the Hearing"... Yong Hye-in's Stance 3 Years Ago

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Three years ago, Yong Hye-in, the nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, served as a hearing committee member vetting the then-minister of gender equality and family nominee. Critics point out that she is now responding in the exact same manner, despite having fiercely criticized a past nominee's attitude of delaying explanations by saying she would answer at the hearing.

Reporter Park Chan-beom has the details.

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Yong Hye-in, the nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, made her first commute to the confirmation hearing preparation office on September 2.

She took questions from reporters for about 10 minutes, but starting the next day, she has completely avoided answering questions regarding whether she will resign from her lawmaker position, repeatedly giving only brief responses that she will clarify various suspicions at the National Assembly confirmation hearing.

[Yong Hye-in / Nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family (Day before yesterday): (Do you still have no change in your stance regarding holding concurrent lawmaker positions?) ......]

Three years ago, when she was a freshman lawmaker, Nominee Yong served as a member of the National Assembly confirmation hearing committee for then-nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, Kim Haeng.

At that time, when nominee Kim suspended her doorstep Q&A sessions after five days amid a flurry of suspicions, Nominee Yong criticized her as follows:

[Yong Hye-in / Then Confirmation Hearing Committee Member for Minister of Gender Equality and Family Nominee (September 2023): Nominee Kim has even suspended her doorstep Q&A sessions, saying she will 'explain everything at the confirmation hearing.' This can only be interpreted as running away because she is unable to provide an explanation.]

Regarding suspicions that her former party, the Labor Party, had a so-called "underground organization" with discriminatory guidelines such as bans on abortion or premarital chastity, Nominee Yong recently stated:

[Yong Hye-in / Nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family (Day before yesterday): (Why did you condone the discriminatory guidelines of the 'underground organization'?) I will address that at the hearing.]

However, back when she was a confirmation hearing committee member, she strongly criticized then-nominee Kim, citing Kim's past remarks regarding sexual self-determination rights:

[Yong Hye-in / Then Confirmation Hearing Committee Member for Minister of Gender Equality and Family Nominee (September 2023): (Nominee Kim) showed a pathetic perception of women's sexual self-determination rights, stating that 'tolerance is needed to accept even unwanted pregnancies.']

Rival parties are currently coordinating to hold Nominee Yong's confirmation hearing on September 18.

[Yong Hye-in / Nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family (Day before yesterday): (If you refuse to answer, isn't this the same as the behavior of the privileged class you used to criticize?) ......]

(Video by: Lee Seung-hwan, Shin Dong-hwan | Video Editing by: Jang Hyun-ki)
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