President orders nominee for Minister Lee Hye-hoon to "directly explain insurrection remarks" | This News Now

Nominee Lee Hoon, tapped as the first Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, was embroiled in controversy for defending martial law, including participating in a rally opposing the impeachment of former President Yoon Suk Yeol. "There is absolutely no concern because he is the opposition leader regarding Lee Jae-myung. He did not constitute Lee Jae-myung. But our president was in custody. Stop the illegal impeachment. Stop it." President Lee Jae-myung today ordered the nominee to directly explain the controversy. "Regarding past remarks about insurrection or similar matters that were somewhat unacceptable, he himself needs to explain more fully and express his intention to break from that in that regard. Isn't that the right thing to do?" This means nominee Lee must clearly state his position and pass the verification process himself. However, the Blue House later emphasized that the nomination was based on personnel integration. Rather than forming a government only with people who think alike, it is about finding common ground in stark differences and views with people who think differently. Earlier, after being nominated as minister, nominee Lee explained in an interview with a media outlet that his view that martial law was wrong has never changed, although he admitted that as a party-affiliated district committee chairman, he sometimes followed the party's stance. However, strong backlash from both ruling and opposition parties shows no sign of subsiding. "He just waded through fire and water for party support, only taking the sweet benefits." "But I wonder if those who become cronies of the Lee Jae-myung administration like this, selling their souls to take the position of Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, and those like Democratic Party Supreme Council member Lee Yeon-joo who also defended martial law and agreed with undermining national order, are also subjects for integration," he criticized.