2023-08-01 09:23:08
President Yoon Seok-yeol taps the gavel at a cabinet meeting held at the Presidential Office in Yongsan, Seoul on the 1st. Provided by the President’s Office
“All of the underground parking lots under the Muryangpan Construction Act in the apartments where the current residents live had design errors, poor construction, and poor supervision before the inauguration of our government.” On the 1st, President Yoon Seok-yeol blamed the previous government again, saying that the initiation of the so-called ‘rebar missing apartment’ incident was not the current government. It is said that rather than taking unlimited responsibility for issues of great national concern, they are trying to mobilize supporters by turning the responsibility to the former government. President Yoon said at the head of a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Office in Yongsan that day, “Many people are greatly concerned about the poor construction of the multi-panel apartment complex ordered by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH).” The previous day, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that, out of 15 public housing complexes where omission of reinforcing bars, which are essential for the infinite board structure, was confirmed, 5 complexes have been moved in, 3 are in the process of moving in, and 7 are planned to be moved in. He said, “The root cause of the problem is the concession cartel in the construction industry.” I have said many times that innovation and reform cannot be done only with the head. In particular, he emphasized ‘severe punishment’, saying, “The interest cartel, which neglected the safety of the people, must be broken.” During this process, President Yoon repeatedly said, “Our government is an anti-cartel government.” On July 3, he gave letters of appointment to the deputy ministers and said, “Our government is an anti-cartel government. Please fight mercilessly against the interests cartel that destroys the spirit of the Constitution.” President Yoon said, “Safety is more important than money,” and ordered an immediate investigation into all underground parking lots for apartments built using the Muryangpan method. The power of the people responded to President Yoon’s remarks and said that they would investigate the state affairs of the cartel of interest. Chief Spokesperson Kang Min-guk said in a commentary, “All of the total insolvency occurred under the Moon Jae-in administration. They trampled on the common people’s ‘dream of owning a house’ and drove them to rental housing, and even that was a sham and insolvent construction.” It is not new that President Yoon is to blame for the former government. Even after a year in office, he has criticized the former government in most areas, including inter-Korean issues, diplomacy and security issues, and financial management issues. He also mentioned national flood damage measures at a cabinet meeting on July 18, saying, “I will abolish all subsidies for interest cartels and corrupt cartels,” and said that he would invest the subsidy funds paid during the previous government into flood recovery and damage preservation. This time, too, the poor construction problem was blamed on the former government. However, it is pointed out that President Yoon’s comment raises conflicts between the camps by blaming others for issues related to the people’s livelihood safety. In fact, there is an analysis that the president’s office is strengthening the attack on the former government and the opposition party, conscious of the general elections in April next year. Lee Kwan-hoo, a political scientist, told the Hankyoreh, “Politics is about finding, mediating, and resolving social conflicts, but this kind of message is not the right way to do politics.” It seems,” he said. Political commentator Park Sang-byeong also said, “It is interpreted as bringing up the story that ‘because of the previous government and because of the majority party, nothing could be done’ ahead of the general election next year.” Kang Seon-woo, a spokesman for the Democratic Party of Korea, said, “How did the president who was responsible for blaming others respond to the disaster that occurred during his term?” Reporter Mina Kim [email protected]
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