Yong Hye-in, a Basic Income Party lawmaker nominated as a candidate for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, is facing criticism over her decision to retain her parliamentary seat while serving as minister. The controversy centers on a February 2020 Basic Income Party campaign that branded state-subsidy-dependent political parties as "parasitic" and called for abolishing subsidies in favor of a political basic income. Yong says resigning would leave the Basic Income Party as an extra-parliamentary party. Because she was re-elected as a proportional representative through the Democratic Party of Korea’s satellite party, her resignation would transfer the seat to the Democratic Party rather than the Basic Income Party. The Basic Income Party received 277 million Korean won in subsidies last month after winning 0.99% of the proportional vote in the June 3 local elections, and would continue receiving quarterly payments until the next local elections if it remains represented in parliament. It would lose all subsidies if it becomes an extra-parliamentary party. Rep. Cho Ji-yeon of the People Power Party accused Yong and her party of hypocrisy and political double standards.