Yong Hye-in, a nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, is facing criticism over her decision to retain her proportional representative seat after nomination. Six years ago, she compared political parties receiving state subsidies to parasites and advocated abolishing the payments. She now says keeping the seat is necessary to prevent the Basic Income Party from losing its parliamentary status and state-subsidy eligibility. The party received around 10 million Korean won per quarter through last year, but its first-quarter allocation this year rose to 277.09 million Korean won, or approximately 1.1 billion Korean won annually. Yong and her husband, Park Mo, have also faced scrutiny over income-tax payments and political-fund donations. Separately, Hong Jee-sun, a nominee for Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, was reported to have bought a 1.005 billion Korean won apartment using a mortgage and a loan from her mother-in-law.