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President Lee Jung-myung said the practice of the deputy chief of the presidential office attending State Council meetings alongside the president was "a wrong practice," addressing the controversy in a response released with an AI-generated answer, according to a post on the presidential office's website dated October 2026.
The controversy centers on whether the deputy chief of staff (중수청장, deputy head of the presidential office) should be seated at State Council meetings. President Lee addressed the issue directly, characterizing the custom as improper.
The presidential office published images related to the matter on its official website, president.go.kr, alongside the AI-generated answer.
The response, marked with an AI notice, drew attention as the president publicly distanced himself from the long-standing practice of the deputy chief's attendance at Cabinet-level meetings.
The matter remains subject to discussion over how the attendance practice will be handled going forward, and no further details on procedural changes have been announced.
The claim that President Lee described the deputy chief's State Council attendance as "a wrong practice" in an AI-released answer is True.
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