Gender Minister Nominee Reiterates Intention to Maintain Assembly Seat
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Gender minister nominee reiterates intention to maintain Assembly seat
Gender Minister nominee Yong Hye-in on Thursday reiterated her intention to retain her National Assembly seat, stressing that lawmakers are allowed to concurrently serve as Cabinet members by law. The remarks came amid growing calls for Yong to give up her parliamentary seat after she earlier said she would keep her seat even after joining the Cabinet. "The law allows lawmakers to concurrently serve as Cabinet members," she said during a press c…
Yong Hye-in, the nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, stated on the 10th regarding the concurrent holding of the positions of proportional representation lawmaker and minister, “The concurrent holding of the positions of National Assembly member and Cabinet member is permitted by law.” This drew a line against demands for her to resign from her parliamentary seat or her resignation as a ministerial nominee. Holding a press confere…
Yong Hye-in, the nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, held a press conference at the National Assembly and rejected demands to resign from both her ministerial and parliamentary positions. She argued that it is legally permissible for incumbent lawmakers to concurrently serve as cabinet ministers and criticized the past practice of proportional representation lawmakers resigning as a form of political power-sharing. Furthermore, s…
"We must reflect on whether this is just dividing up positions" despite the turned public sentiment
Yong Hye-in, the nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, reiterated her stance that she intends to serve as both a proportional representation lawmaker and a minister. Holding a press conference at the National Assembly on the 10th, Nominee Yong stated regarding the concurrent holding of the positions of lawmaker and cabinet member, "The concurrent holding of the roles of lawmaker and cabinet member is permitted by law." Noting tha…
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