Confirmation Hearing Report for Justice Minister Nominee Kim Seung-won Adopted as PPP Stages Walkout

The confirmation hearing report for Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won was adopted today (September 17) in the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee, led by the Democratic Party.

During the process, the People Power Party walked out just 12 minutes after the meeting began in protest against the adoption.

While the Democratic Party considers that allegations—including claims that Kim solicited approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for a clinical trial of a COVID-19 treatment—were clarified through the hearing, the People Power Party maintains that the suspicions remain unresolved.

Representative Park Hyoung-soo of the People Power Party criticized the move, saying, "Placing the report's adoption on the agenda proves that the hearing itself so far was a mere formality," while Representative Kim Eui-kyeom of the Democratic Party remarked, "Because the difference of opinion with the People Power Party was so large, it was not an easy situation to reach a compromise," adding, "I believe the public will understand."
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