11 days after the inauguration of the President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol’s transition to the presidency, the committee was engulfed in internal noise.
When a working-level member of the transition committee was dismissed for posting a photo of the president-elect Yoon’s vehicle number on his personal SNS, he held a revealing press conference in protest.
Jo Sang-gyu, working-level commissioner for dismissal, “unilateral notification”… complaint of regret
On the morning of the 29th, lawyer Jo Sang-gyu, who served as a working member of the science and technology education division of the transition committee, held a press conference near the training center of the Financial Supervisory Service in Toongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul and complained about his unfair dismissal. The fact that the transition committee notified the press group on the 28th that “the dismissal was completed” was “a unilateral notification without procedures” and was a rebuttal of “I will resign voluntarily.”
In particular, at the time of the notice of the transition committee, lawyer Cho raised suspicions about security maintenance violations related to his SNS photos, and also raised suspicions about the purity of TV Chosun’s report on the ‘dismissal procedure’. Attorney Jo, who expressed his doubts, said, “I can only think that the commission itself wanted to cover my information security violations,” said Cho, who expressed doubts, “If the insiders of the commission didn’t tell me,” he said. .
Attorney Cho was accused of violating security maintenance, such as exposing the license plate of Yoon-elect’s bodyguard’s vehicle through his social media account and disclosing lecture materials from the handover committee’s workshop.
In this regard, lawyer Cho countered, “In my photo, the license plate of the security vehicle is very far behind, so it is hard to see.” It is argued that there is no problem with the photos of the lectures as they are also marked as ‘public’ in the material.
Lawyer Cho asserts that Cho’s argument was that the appointment authority Ahn Cheol-soo, the transition chairperson, and Park Seong-joong, the secretary of the subcommittee, did not recognize that the act of the lawyer was a ‘violation of security matters’.
Lawyer Cho also said, “I did not have any opportunity to explain.”
The department and my ‘gapjil’ revelations… Arguing for “mental education through shouting”
In addition, lawyer Cho also pointed out the controversy over the sexual assault within the department.
“In the KCC work report, he yelled at the people in the department who came to report that he didn’t see the Sebashi broadcast he appeared in, and from 30 minutes before the Ministry of Education’s work report started, he sat down and educated people in the department by himself. They forced me to report work, and after leaving all three of the transfer committee members in all the work reports, I left the meeting in the dark.”
Lawyer Cho added that this does not happen in other departments.
In the process of clarifying the allegations, lawyer Cho also mentioned Kwon Young-se, vice chairman of the transition committee, who was competing with him in the Yongsan district of Seoul at the time of the April 15 general election.
In relation to this, when asked ‘Do you think it has anything to do with the June 1 local elections?’, Attorney Jo said, “Secretary Park Seong-joong asked me, ‘Why are you on a bad relationship with Rep. Kwon Young-se?’ He said, “I have joined the (Acquisition Subcommittee).”
Lawyer Cho continued, “I dissatisfied (in the April 15 general election) and did not interfere with Rep. Kwon. He said that he hated me, so I resigned from the mayor of Yongsan-gu.”
“None of the chairperson (Chul-soo Ahn), the secretary (Seong-joong Park), or Tae-gyu Lee (the Planning and Coordination Division) knew. Is this a committee? Don’t you think someone is privatizing it? The division has been thoroughly privatized by those in power.”
Vice Chairman Kwon Young-se’s side seems to be puzzled by the fact that his name was mentioned at the press conference of lawyer Cho.
In a question-and-answer session after the regular briefing on the afternoon of the same day, Won Il-hee, senior deputy spokesperson for the transition committee, also said, “I do not think it is a matter that will respond to each and every issue of the person in question at the time that I (attorney Cho) decided to resign voluntarily.” I have no intention of paying,” he drew a line.
Regarding the report that the vacancy in the division due to lawyer Cho’s voluntary resignation will be filled soon, Deputy Spokesperson Won was surprised by the answer, “After breakfast, it is like eating lunch.”
Kim Chang-kyung, a member of the suspicion of power abuse, “In the purpose of emphasizing the importance of YouTube”
Professor Kim Chang-kyung of Hanyang University, a member of the subcommittee who was designated as a member of the gang, said in a phone call with the New Daily, “I have never seen him (attorney Cho),” he said, “I do not understand.”
However, Professor Kim explained, “This is an era dominated by YouTube. My story only came out in the process of conveying the purpose of emphasizing the importance of YouTube.”
Some responses from the Science and Technology Education Division also said, “There is no such thing as a gabjil.” An official from the Science and Technology Education Division said to the New Daily, “I do not know the details,” he said little.
However, in the eyes of experts, such noise is not seen as a simple individual deviation or ‘happening’.
In a phone call with the New Daily, political critic Lee Jong-geun said, “Everyone seems to be showing off themselves as if they were victims of a power struggle.” “The essence of the ‘system’ issues such as who recommended these personnel and personnel procedures and verification is the essence.” pointed out
Meanwhile, the transition committee also plans to “take reasonable measures after confirming the facts” regarding Park Cheol-wan, a professor of automobile department at Seojeong University, an expert member of the Science and Technology Education subcommittee.
This is when a letter was received by the transition committee stating that Professor Seo had been dismissed from his post in 2007 due to controversy over embezzlement of research funds while serving as a national research institute.
In this regard, Deputy Spokesperson Won Il-hee said, “We are checking the facts, and we are listening to his vocation.”
