Presidential chief of staff offers to resign over bungled Cabinet nominations
Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik offered to resign, Monday, taking responsibility for a string of bungled Cabinet nominations that has fueled criticism of President Lee Jae Myung’s personnel vetting system. Kang conveyed his intention to step down to Lee earlier in the day, senior presidential secretary for public relations Sung Ki-hong said during a briefing. The presidential office did…
On Monday, President Lee Jae Myung's chief of staff, Kang Hoon-sik, presented his intention to resign, accepting responsibility for a series of mishandled Cabinet nominations that have sparked criticism of the president's personnel vetting system. The president was briefed on Kang's decision by Sung Ki-hong, the presidential office's senior public relations secretary.
Sung did not disclose immediately whether President Lee had accepted Kang's resignation. Kang heads Cheong Wa Dae's personnel committee and is in charge of the selection and screening of minister-level officials. His offer to resign comes in response to the repeated dismissals of nominees for the positions of gender equality minister and justice minister, Yong Hye-in and Kim Seung-won respectively.
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