Lawmakers of the governing and opposition parties Wednesday agreed to recommend that President Lee Myung-bak appoint Kim Hwang-sik as chief of the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI).
They made the recommendation at the second and last day of a non-binding National Assembly hearing on the nominee for the chief state auditor.
At the hearing, lawmakers of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) condemned Kim for currying favor with President Lee.
They claimed Kim was involved in the BAI's probe of the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) in July, even before his nomination was confirmed.