On the 10th, after voting for the 22nd National Assembly election ended, officials of the National Election Commission are sorting ballots at the counting booth set up at the Yeongdeungpo Multipurpose Badminton Gymnasium in Dosan-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. /Photo=Reporter Lim Han-byeol
In the April 10 general election, the opposition coalition, including the Democratic Party of Korea, won an overwhelming majority of seats. The business community is concerned that the National Assembly, which is comprised of ruling and opposition parties, will summon a large number of CEOs during the government audit in the second half of this year.
According to the National Election Commission on the 11th, as of 9:25 on this day (national vote count rate 99.88%), the People Power Party and the People’s Future are expected to secure 108 seats out of a total of 300 seats, and the Democratic Party of Korea and the Democratic Alliance for Democracy are expected to secure 174 seats each. see.
As the opposition party gains strength, this year’s National Assembly inspection is expected to be more intense than last year. The business community is concerned that one after another, witnesses or references will be summoned in this year’s National Assembly inspection. It is predicted that the opposition party members, who have gained strength in the ruling party’s ruling party, will recall the heads of large corporations.
It is expected that many businessmen will be summoned in this year’s National Assembly inspection. This is because every year during the National Assembly inspection season, executives of major companies are summoned to the National Assembly inspection and are criticized by members of the National Assembly.
The business community complains that it is unfair that the national inspection, which inspects the overall state of government administration, is being degenerated into a corporate inspection every year. In particular, they point out that the problem is that they summon businessmen and ask them aggressive questions, but do not cut off witnesses who are trying to answer or even give them a chance to explain.
Due to this practice, controversies over ‘screaming government inspectors’ and ’embarrassing government inspectors’ are repeated every year. Even in the National Assembly, voices of self-reflection are being raised to refrain from indiscriminately summoning businessmen, but they are not being followed.
The opposition party also applied for corporate heads as witnesses during last year’s National Assembly inspection. The heads of conglomerates that the Democratic Party of Korea applied for as witnesses in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s audit of government affairs include Kim Byeong-jun, former acting chairman of the Korean Economic Cooperation Council, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun, and LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo. It was. In addition, several executives, including former POSCO Group Chairman Choi Jeong-woo, also applied as witnesses.
A business official said, “I’m already very worried ahead of the National Assembly inspection scheduled for October,” and added, “I hope that summoning major businessmen as witnesses for the National Assembly inspection and yelling at them and humiliating them will not be repeated.”
2024-04-11 12:41:10
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