Lee Chang-yong, Governor of the Bank of Korea, noted on the 30th, "Since this year's growth rate is low, we need to be cautious about the reasoning that a supplementary budget must be substantial."
During a full meeting of the National Assembly's Strategy and Finance Committee that day, Governor Lee responded to lawmakers' questions regarding the size of the supplementary budget, saying, "If we implement a supplementary budget now, it will certainly have a positive effect on increasing this year's economic growth rate," but he also stated, "If we don't enact more next year than we do this year, it will have the opposite effect on the growth rate."
He specifically stated, "The reason I am not hastily discussing the appropriate scale of the supplementary budget is that I need to assess how this year's and next year's growth rates will turn out," adding, "If we have a supplementary budget of 30 trillion won this year, we must have more than 30 trillion won next year for it to have a positive effect on the growth rate, but if it's less than that, it will undermine the growth rate."
Governor Lee also mentioned regarding the Onnuri and local love gift certificate budgets that "the gift certificates are becoming too politicized and growing," adding, "There are two concerns aside from the size of the budget." The two concerns he pointed out are "whether the certificates will be distributed to the general public or specifically targeting those in great need" and "the issue of whether the certificates are benefiting online self-employed individuals who are already doing well." He continued, "In this regard, we need to reconsider both local love gift certificates and Onnuri gift certificates themselves."
He further mentioned that when officials from the Democratic Party of Korea claimed, "Vice Minister of Economy Choi Sang-mok has obstructed the swift resolution of the constitutional court's appointment of only two judges as acting president and neglected the economic downturn," he responded, "There has been debate about whether the number of appointed judges was two or three, and whether it was delayed, but historically, I believe it will be viewed positively that the vice minister could lead us out of that situation by appointing constitutional judges." He added, "We must consider whether there would be a moment like this today had the judges not been appointed."