Lee Ju-ho, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education, along with other officials from the Ministry of Education, did not attend the National Assembly's urgent inquiry held on the 9th.
The Ministry of Education stated on the 9th, "We inform you that we are unable to attend due to the lack of agreement between the ruling and opposition parties on the schedule."
With ruling party lawmakers also collectively absent, only opposition party members attended the meeting that day. Kim Young-ho, Chair of the Education Committee from the Democratic Party of Korea, criticized, "Should the Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs, who should be actively working to resolve the confusion and stabilize national affairs, just watch and submit to the ruling party's words?" He added, "With this attitude, can we properly advance national tasks such as absolute reserved integration and AI digital textbooks that require opposition cooperation?"
The National Assembly Education Committee planned to hold an urgent inquiry during the plenary session that afternoon to question Deputy Prime Minister Lee regarding the emergency martial law and hold him accountable. The inquiry was also expected to include issues related to plagiarism allegations against First Lady Kim Keon-hee's thesis. Attendees included Lee Yoon-chan, principal of Chungam High School, the president of the Sookmyung Women's University Alumni Association, and Jang Moon-seok, a professor at Kyung Hee University who authored the political declaration.
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