 ▲ 22일 신임 대통령 비서실장에 임명된 정진석 국민의 힘 의원이 이날 오전 용산 대통령실 청사에서 소감을 밝히고 있다 © 뉴시스 |
정진석 신임 대통령 비서실장이 22일 "윤석열 대통령님께서 더 소통·통섭하시고 통합 정치를 이끄시는 데 미력이나마 잘 보좌해드리도록 노력하겠다"고 소감을 밝혔다.
정 신임 비서실장은 이날 용산 대통령실 브리핑룸에서 "여러 가지로 여소야대 정국이 염려되고 난맥이 예상된다"며 "이 어려운 시점서 윤석열 정부를 돕고 윤석열 대통령님을 도와야 한다는 게 제 책임이라 느꼈다"며 이같이 말했다.
그러면서 "대통령께 정치에 투신하라 권유드렸던 사람이고 윤석열 정부 출범에 나름 기여했던 사람"이라며 "어쨌든 이런 어려움을 대통령님과 함께 헤쳐 나가는 게 책임을 다하는 길이라 생각했다"고 전했다.
이어 "방금 전 대통령님께서 통섭 정치를 펼치겠다 하셨는데 미력이나마 잘 보좌하도록 하겠다"며 "언론인 여러분 많이 협조해 주시고 제가 부족한 부분은 국민 여러분이 많이 채워주실 걸로 그렇게 믿겠다"고 말했다.
더불어 "옛날에 삼봉 정도전 선생이 국가를 운영하면서 백성을 지모로 속일 순 없고 힘으로 억누를 순 더욱 없다 얘기했다"며 "600년 전 왕조시대에도 국민을 바라보는 눈높이가 그랬는데 지금은 공화국 아닌가. 오직 국민 눈높이에서 대통령께 객관적 관점서 말씀드리려고 노력하겠다"고 덧붙였다.
윤 대통령과 1960년생 동갑인 정 신임 비서실장은 5선의 국민의 힘 의원(충남 공주시·부여군·청양군)으로 한국일보 워싱턴 특파원·정치부 차장·논설위원 등을 지낸 언론인 출신이다.
지난 제16대 국회에 입성 후 정치에 입문해 17·18대 총선에서 내리 당선돼 3선 의원 고지에 오른데 이어 20·21대 총선서도 당선되면서 당내 최다선 5선 의원이 됐다.
자유민주연합 대변인·국회정보위원회 위원장·청와대 정무수석·새누리당(국민의 힘 전신) 원내대표·국민의 힘 공천관리위원장·제21대 국회 후반기 국회부의장·국민의 힘 비상대책위원장 등 당내 및 국회 요직을 두루 거쳤다.
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New Chief of Staff Jeong Jin-seok "I will assist President Yoon Seok-yeol in carrying out 'unified politics'"
“I am concerned about the political situation between the ruling and opposition parties and expect a difficult situation. I will only try to speak to the president from an objective perspective from the public’s perspective.”
-kihong Kim reporter
On the 22nd, the new President's Chief of Staff Jeong Jin-seok expressed his thoughts, saying, "I will do my best to assist President Yoon Seok-yeol in his efforts to communicate more, achieve greater convergence, and lead integrated politics."
The new chief of staff, Chung, said in the briefing room of the Yongsan Presidential Office on this day, "I am worried about the ruling party's political situation in many ways and expect chaos," and added, "I felt it was my responsibility to help the Yoon Seok-yeol government and President Yoon Seok-yeol at this difficult time." .
At the same time, he said, "He is the person who advised the President to devote himself to politics and he contributed to the launch of the Yoon Seok-yeol government in his own way," and added, "In any case, I thought that going through these difficulties together with the President was the way to fulfill my responsibility."
He continued, "The former President just said that he will pursue consilient politics, and I will do my best to assist him, even if only in a small way. I believe that journalists will cooperate a lot and that the public will make up for what I am lacking."
In addition, “Once upon a time, Sambong Jeong Do-jeon said that while running the country, you cannot deceive the people with your wits, much less oppress them with force,” he said. “Even during the dynasty 600 years ago, the view on the people was the same, but now isn’t it a republic? Only the people.” “I will try to speak to the president from an objective perspective at eye level,” he added.
The new Chief of Staff, Chung, who was born in 1960 and is the same age as President Yoon, is a five-term People Power Party lawmaker (Gongju City, Buyeo County, South Chungcheong Province, and Cheongyang County) and a former journalist who served as the Hankook Ilbo's Washington correspondent, deputy head of the political department, and editorial writer.
After entering the 16th National Assembly, he entered politics and was elected in the 17th and 18th general elections, becoming a 3-term member of the National Assembly. He was also elected in the 20th and 21st general elections, becoming the most elected member of the party's 5th term.
Spokesperson for the Liberty Democratic Alliance, Chairman of the National Assembly Intelligence Committee, Senior Secretary to the Blue House for Political Affairs, Floor Leader of the Saenuri Party (former People Power Party), Chairman of the People Power Nomination Management Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly for the second half of the 21st National Assembly, Chairman of the People Power Emergency Response Committee, etc. within the party and the National Assembly. He held many important positions.
