2024-04-30 21:48:23
On media issues, “I know how to control the media, but I have no intention of doing so.”
“President Yoon Seok-yeol said (during a private meeting), ‘Some people (in the ruling party) suggested that we go back (the Democratic Party’s 250,000 won payment plan) by giving 500,000 won per person, but (I) firmly rejected it.’”
Jin Seong-jun, policy committee chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, reported on the 30th that President Yoon said this at a meeting the previous day, effectively rejecting the 250,000 won per person support fund for people’s livelihood recovery requested by Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung. Park Seong-joon, senior spokesperson for the Democratic Party, also said in a phone call on the same day, “I don’t know if it was a proposal from within the President’s office or the People Power Party, but there was a proposal to give 500,000 won or 1 million won, rather than 250,000 won, but the president himself said that he rejected it.” He said, “The intention was that we need to focus on price stability, but if money is released into the market, that will become more difficult.”
President Yoon is said to have actively emphasized his logic and opinions after the meeting the day before was closed to the public. Even in the process of discussing the ‘Itaewon Disaster Special Act’, he is said to have mentioned his experience of being in charge of investigating large-scale disasters such as the collapse of Sampoong Department Store and Seongsu Bridge during his time as a prosecutor. A Democratic Party official said, “When we mentioned the Itaewon disaster special law, President Yoon suddenly talked about the poisoning clause and said, ‘I know well because I was a prosecutor.’” He then suddenly revealed that the team leader who investigated the Sewol Ferry during the Moon Jae-in administration was his junior. “We even talked about the collapse of Sampoong Department Store,” he said.
Even when Representative Lee brought up the media issue, President Yoon reportedly said, ‘I know how to control the media, but I have no intention of doing so.’ Senior Spokesperson Park said, “When Representative Lee pointed out that the Korea Communications Standards Commission was operating in a biased manner, President Yoon said, ‘I have never been involved in the operation of the Korea Communications Standards Commission, which is an independent organization. He said, “He knows how to control the media, but he has no intention of doing so like in the past.”
As President Yoon’s answer became longer, the meeting was said to have ended without even mentioning the remaining agenda items, such as the ‘Special Prosecutor Act on Corporal Chae’ and the ‘Special Prosecutor Kim Kun-hee Act’. Regarding this, Policy Committee Chairman Jin said, “I want to understand in good faith (that there was simply not enough time).”
In response to the Democratic Party’s disclosure of President Yoon’s private remarks, the President’s Office responded with displeasure, saying, “We will not verify them one by one.” The President’s Office reacted with embarrassment to the fact that Representative Lee read a preliminary manuscript of 10 pages, half the size of A4 paper, for about 15 minutes during his opening remarks the previous day. They decided to keep their general remarks brief during the working meeting, but they did not know that, contrary to his promise, CEO Lee would take out the manuscript and read it at length. A high-ranking official in the Presidential Office said, “I had no idea that Representative Lee would read the manuscript he had prepared with reporters in mind,” and added, “In some ways, Representative Lee committed foul play. But he can generously understand,” he said.
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