Welfare Minister Rhyu Si-min tendered his resignation today [Yonhap News, English]. I’m starting to have difficulty naming people who haven’t served as a minister in Roh Moo-hyun’s government. I guess that’s why they call it the Participatory Government — everyone’s participated!
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Not surprising, given that he is often touted in the media as Roh’s political heir, a good thing since Roh’s popularity has been climbing up recently.
I think among the left-wing politicans he has a better chance at becoming the president than do the likes of Jeong Dong-Yeong and Kim Geun-Tae, of whom most Koreans seem to have gotten sick.
I suspect that all these pensions paid out to former ministers — just from this one administration — is going to put a dent in the budget.
Ouch.
Rhyu Si-min’s resignation was expected, given the fact that the National Assembly was blocking the passage of the National Pension Reform Act. The reason being that they didn’t like the person occupying the post of Health and Welfare Minister.
Although I’m not much of a Rhyu Si-min fan, it’s a pity that he had to resign because the National Assembly wasn’t mature enough to put aside their personal feelings and act on the issues on hand.