The public branded Kim Myong Su as the worst-ever candidate and demanded that he should withdraw the candidacy of his own accord from the very day when he was informally designated as the candidate for minister of Education, the editorial said, and went on:

Kim said he would explain all at the confirmation hearing but he failed to give proper explanation at the hearing on July 9.

Even a lawmaker from the ruling political party was quoted as saying that it seemed that he was watching the integral body of the ruling quarters plagued with all sorts of fraud and corruption.

The confirmation hearing exposed the scandalous nature of the ruling quarters.