대통령 직속 규제합리화위원회 부위원장 이병태씨가 "5·18이 성역이 됐다"는 발언 논란으로 사퇴했습니다. 청와대는 이 부위원장의 발언이 부적절하다고 판단하여 사퇴를 권고했으며, 이병태 부위원장은 사퇴 의사를 표명했습니다. 이번 사건으로 이재명 정부의 포용적 인사 방침에 대한 논란도 제기되었습니다. 이병태 부위원장은 우파 성향으로 알려져 있으며, 과거에는 국민의힘 홍준표 후보 캠프에서 경제 정책을 담당하기도 했습니다.
Wakil Ketua Komisi Rasionalisasi Regulasi Kepresidenan Lee Byeong-tae mengundurkan diri karena kontroversi atas pernyataannya "5·18 menjadi tempat suci". Kantor Kepresidenan menilai pernyataan wakil ketua tersebut tidak pantas dan merekomendasikan pengunduran dirinya. Lee Byeong-tae kemudian menyatakan keinginannya untuk mengundurkan diri. Insiden ini juga memicu perdebatan tentang kebijakan rekrutmen inklusif pemerintahan Lee Jae-myung. Lee Byeong-tae diketahui memiliki kecenderungan sayap kanan dan sebelumnya pernah bertanggung jawab atas kebijakan ekonomi dalam kampanye kandidat Partai Kekuatan Rakyat Hong Joon-pyo.
Lee Byung-tae, vice chair of the Presidential Regulation Rationalization Committee, resigned due to controversy over his remarks that "May 18 has become a sacred untouchable." The Blue House determined that the vice chair's remarks were inappropriate and recommended his resignation, and Vice Chair Lee Byung-tae expressed his intention to resign. With this incident, controversy over the Lee Jae-myung administration's inclusive personnel policy was also raised. Vice Chair Lee Byung-tae is known to have a right-wing orientation, and in the past, he worked on economic policy in the People Power Party's Hong Joon-pyo candidate's campaign.
