Gov’t, party to push for passage of prevention of conflict of interest bill
Mar 11, 2021, 08:12 am
Acting DP chairman and floor leader Kim Tae-nyeon speaks during a meeting of the top party council at the National Assembly on March 10, 2021/ Photographed by Lee Byung-hwa (photolbh)
AsiaToday reporter Jo Jae-hak
Amid increasing suspicion of land speculation involving employees of state-run institutions and civil servants, the government and the ruling Democratic Party (DP) decided to speed up the passage of a bill aimed at preventing conflicts of interest involving public officials, which has been stalled for eight years. As the DP vowed to pass the bill with the recent LH scandal, attention is on whether the bill can be approved at the National Assembly.
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