President Moon Jae-in is tapping the gavel while starting a state council meeting at the Blue House on the 16th. Senior Reporter Tae-Seok Wang
President Moon Jae-in said on the 16th that he regretted the allegations of land speculation by employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH). This is the first apology after two weeks of suspicion. The Blue House explained, “It is a sincere response to the desolate heart of the people who feel sympathy” (Spokesman Kang Min-seok). It is pointed out that President Moon apologized somewhat belatedly when the angry public sentiment did not appease even though President Moon showed a willingness to break through the front by raising the’clearing of real estate storage’ as a new state administration task.
文 “I apologize to the sincere people for disappointment and disappointment”
President Moon apologized to the public at the State Council presided over at the Blue House, saying, “I apologized to the people who live sincerely (by the LH incident). The previous day, at the Blue House Chief and Aides Meeting, he ended up saying’the government is reflecting on it’, but he made it clear that it is the President’s own responsibility with the expression’regretful heart’. President Moon added, “We will seriously recognize the structure of corruption in our society, and we will further refine our posture and work with a heavy sense of responsibility.”
Spokesman Kang Min-seok explained the background of President Moon’s apology, saying, “With a regretful heart in front of all the members of the State Council, he expressed his determination and determination to’eliminate real estate abuse and prevent this from happening again in the future.” As the core of the LH incident is’corruption of public officials’, it means that they apologized on behalf of the government.
President Moon Jae-in salutes the national flag at a state council meeting held at the Blue House on the 16th. Senior Reporter Tae-Seok Wang
Apology in 2 weeks…靑 “The President makes his own decision”
At the Blue House, many opinions have come and gone as to whether and when President Moon apologized, but it is said that President Moon made a’decision’ to apologize on the 16th. The Blue House explains that it took time to choose the right time and place to apologize. He said that he tried to “probate the public sentiment” after “correcting the situation,” such as finding out the truth, identifying the cause, and improving the system.
However, two weeks passed in the meantime, and public opinion froze. The’effect’ of the apology was somewhat halved as he missed the right time and became pushed to apologize.
It is not that President Moon did not have a chance to apologize. From the 3rd of this month, a day after LH employees were suspicious of speculation on land, President Moon mentioned the LH incident almost every day, but did not apologize. This is in contrast to the fact that Hong Nam-ki, Deputy Prime Minister of Economy and Ministry of Strategy and Finance, apologized to the public in five days, and Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun made an apology to the public in seven days.
文 “Even so, we are going to a fair society”
President Moon said’establishment of public service ethics’ as one of the pillars of the liquidation of real estate storage. “Public institutions should reinforce their own job ethics regulations, and establish a strong precautionary, post-sanction, and internal control system. I hope that you will greatly strengthen the proportion of ethical management and management.”
President Moon also said, “It is clear that our society is moving toward a fairer and cleaner society, with the corruption perception index improving every year and recording the highest ranking ever.” It was interpreted as an appeal that’the LH incident occurred during Moon’s presidency, but the Moon Jae-in administration was not morally corrupted.’
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