Kim Min-seok: “Kim Seung-won must respond actively himself,” with a dedicated response team formed

Kim Seung-won should take the lead in answering allegations surrounding his nomination, Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok said, as the party organized a dedicated team to defend the Justice Minister nominee.

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The candidate himself needs to respond quickly and actively.

The allegations include what has been described as a lobbying scandal involving the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Kim Min-seok said the nominee himself needed to respond quickly and actively, according to Park Seong-jun, the party’s chief spokesperson.

Park briefed reporters after a closed-door meeting of the party’s Supreme Council at the National Assembly on the 7th. He said Kim Min-seok had argued that the party also needed to respond actively to what he called negative attacks against the nominee.

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There is also a need for the party to respond actively to the negative attacks against the candidate.

Party spokesperson Cho Gye-won has been responding, while Supreme Council members Han Min-soo and Jeon Yong-gi will join the effort. Kim Dong-a will work through the Legislation and Judiciary Committee on issues related to the nominee’s confirmation hearing. Park described the arrangement simply as a “front-line response team.”

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It can easily be called a front-line response team.