Kwon Seong-dong, "Please appoint the Minister of Defense and Public Administration and Security as soon as possible."

Kwon Sung-dong, acting chairman and floor leader of the People's Power Party, urged Acting President Han Deok-soo to appoint the currently vacant Minister of Defense and Public Administration and Security as soon as possible.Acting President

said in the opening remarks of the high-ranking government-party council on state security, "Defense and security are the foundation of the protection of the Constitution as the basic order that supports the state."

In an afternoon meeting with reporters at the National Assembly, he argued that the right to appoint a minister or request a reconsideration of a bill falls under the authority of the head of the administration, but the authority such as the appointment of a Supreme Court justice or a constitutional judge is the authority of the head of state.

He then stressed that it is our party's opinion that the authority from the head of the administration can be exercised by the acting president, while the authority as the head of state is impossible during the suspension of the president's duties.