Kim Dae-nam, a former senior administrator in the President’s Office who is suspected of instigating an attack on People Power Party leader Han Dong-hoon, resigned from his position as a standing audit committee member of SGI Seoul Guarantee (hereinafter referred to as Seoul Guarantee).
According to financial sources on the 7th, it was confirmed that former administrator Kim submitted his resignation to Seoul Guarantee this morning.
On July 10, ahead of the People Power Party National Convention on July 23, former administrator Kim called the YouTube broadcaster ‘Voice of Seoul’ and said, “If you plan well and defeat Han Dong-hoon, Mrs. Kim Kun-hee will be happy.” He has been suspected of instigating an attack on Representative Han.
As the suspicion of instigating the attack on CEO Han arose, a ‘parachute’ controversy also arose over former administrator Kim being appointed as a standing auditor of Seoul Guarantee without any financial-related history. It was pointed out that he may have taken the position under the protection of the President’s Office.
Former administrator Kim said about his hiring during a phone call with a reporter from the Voice of Seoul, “I chose it. I took the picture. In other places, it’s 2 years, but it’s 3 years. In 3 years, it’s all there until our government exists. ‘You’re done.’ The suspicions became concrete when a recording was made public in which he said, “This is true.”
In fact, there was no separate public offering process for the recruitment of former administrator Kim as a standing auditor, and the recruitment-related agenda was unanimously passed in 5 minutes by the Seoul Guarantee’s Executive Recommendation Committee.
As suspicions continued to spread, all-out pressure was placed on former administrator Kim. Representative Han ordered an investigation into the suspicion of instigating the attack by former administrator Kim, who was a member of the People Power Party, and the President’s Office also issued a message saying, “We must decide what to do about him.”
When suspicions were raised, former administrator Kim withdrew from the People’s Party, but maintained his position as a standing auditor at Seoul Guarantee.
Through his lawyer, he said, “When the auditor position for Seoul Guarantee was vacant, an acquaintance of mine, a former Seoul Guarantee executive, said, ‘You’re qualified, so put it in,’ so I decided that I, as a corporate representative and corporate rehabilitation expert, was the right person, so I worked hard to pack and organize the documents and take on the challenge.” “I did,” he said, adding, “I have never had someone from the President’s office come forward and say, ‘I recommended it, I will recommend it.’”
Seoul Guarantee also stated that there were no procedural problems in the process of hiring permanent auditors.
As such, former administrator Kim maintained that there was no problem with hiring, but as the controversy surrounding him continued to spread, he eventually could not stand it and took out the resignation card.
In an interview with KBS that day, former administrator Kim said, “I do not want to burden the company and the party and government in a situation where numerous suspicions and speculations are rampant, and I want to be free from this position to resolve the knot of suspicion.” reported.
However, despite former administrator Kim’s resignation from the position of permanent auditor of Seoul Guarantee, the controversy related to instigating the attack is expected to continue.
The People Power Party convened an ethics committee at 11 a.m. on this day and began a fact-finding investigation into allegations related to former administrator Kim. The National Assembly’s Administrative Stability Committee and the Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee also plan to call former administrator Kim as a witness at the National Assembly audit to inquire about related suspicions.
Meanwhile, in the case of Seoul Guarantee, as controversy arose in the process of recruiting permanent auditors, it is expected that improvements will be made to the hiring process in the future. An official from Seoul Guarantee said, “It appears that the standing auditor position will remain vacant for the time being,” and that there has been no discussion yet on future appointment procedures.
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2024-10-07 10:35:56