Lee Jae-myeong’s remarks on “group suicide”, which has been omitted and controversy has grown

Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myeong’s so-called “collective suicide” remarks are making the political world upset. The remarks criticized the government’s stance that emphasizes fiscal soundness, and the controversy is spreading as opposition politicians join the ranks of criticism.

On the 23rd, Governor Lee posted a post on Facebook entitled “Financial soundness without countermeasures in a’collective suicide society’”. Governor Lee, who has insisted that the economy should be boosted (expanded finances) by releasing money to respond to Corona 19, criticized the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the politicians who were passive. On the 22nd, Hong Nam-ki, deputy prime minister of the economy and the Minister of Strategy and Finance, insisted on Facebook that “finance is not anger.”

‘Collective suicide’ is a remark from 2017 by International Monetary Fund (IMF) President Christine Lagard, concerned about the issue of low birth rates in Korea. In November of that year, Professor Ha Jun-kyung of the Department of Economics at Hanyang University said in a contribution to the Dong-A Ilbo (Group Suicide Society and Financial Soundness), “The fertility rate for five years from next year is the responsibility of the current government. “If the financial efficiency has been low so far, we need to think more deeply about whether the support is adequate and sufficient, and how we can change the minds of young people.”

Governor Lee shared a column of Professor Ha’s four years ago, saying, “It is regrettable that the whole world is working on an expanded fiscal policy, but it is still so sound that it is a pity to oppose the consumption support and household income support by raising the national debt to protect the problem of fiscal soundness.” . “The fake economic political party that opposes the income support of the whole country while advocating the’economic party’, or the bankrupt economic journals that oppose the expansionary fiscal policy that revitalizes the economy while defending the vested interests is why our society is becoming a genocide society. I hope you can think about it.”

Opposition officials criticized Governor Lee and turned their arrows to President Moon Jae-in. On the 24th, Jeju Governor Won Hee-ryong argued, “This is not a debate, but a threat.” Governor Won said, “The expression I chose deliberately to refute the journalist while let’s discuss it is’collective suicide’. He said he attacked President Moon Jae-in as a command line to refute’group suicide neglect.’

Yoo Seung-min, a former member of the Future Integration Party (currently the power of the people), criticized “Looking at Lee’s usual arguments that all policies are’relaxing money'” and that “it is cowardly that the governor threatens the Deputy Prime Minister in order to release money.” did. He insisted, “If you want to say that the government’s economic policy is wrong, do not scare the’weak’ vice-premier of the economy, but speak confidently to President Moon Jae-in, who is in charge of the administration who appointed the vice-premier.”

As the politician’s battles were broadcast, the expression “group suicide” also went up and down on Twitter “real-time trends”. The problem is that the actual context in which this expression appeared, or the point that President Lagarde was trying to say is being deleted.

Initially, the remarks of “group suicide” came as they pointed out the problem of Korean society in which women in a gender-discriminated structure avoid marriage and childbirth. Governor Christine Lagarde said at a meeting with Ewha Womans University students, “I almost cried,” after hearing students say, “Korea is not’glass ceiling’ but’cement ceiling’” and “I will not marry.” The meeting took place in September 2017, and the remarks were delivered to Korea about a month later through a meeting between Lee Chang-yong, director of the IMF Asia-Pacific, and an overseas correspondent.

“If the birth rate falls without marriage, the growth rate and productivity will fall, and then the finances will deteriorate. Isn’t this a vicious circle of’collective suicide phenomenon’? This was a Korean problem”. Director Lee explained that the purpose of this statement was that “Korea should use finances wisely and usefully to build a future social safety net and move toward a policy that allows women to participate more actively in the labor market to increase the growth rate.”

At the time, the related remarks did not receive much attention. However, Editorial Writer Choi Kwang-sook of the Seoul Newspaper[씨줄날줄] In “Korea is a genocide society”), “the authorities are for the people if they open their mouths, but the reality is not. I have to look far and implement policies, but I am eager to do what is indicated. “We must not reconsider the birth control because we did not predict the low birth rate,” he said. “Why doesn’t Lagarde’s problem consciousness come from our ministers and politicians?” It is a valid hand until now after four years.

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