[사설] President suspected of intervening in election

On the afternoon of the 25th, President Moon Jae-in boarded a fishing guidance boat off the coast of Gadeok Island, Busan, and received a report of the’Gadeok Island New Airport Plan (draft)’ from Busan Mayor Lee Byung-jin. From left, President Moon, Acting Authority Lee, Tae-nyeon Kim, Democratic Party Representative, and Gyeongnam Governor Kim Gyeong-su. [청와대사진기자단]

President Moon Jae-in visited Busan yesterday, 40 days before the 4/7 Busan mayor’s by-election. Although the name of the visit to the’Southeast Mega City’ in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam was mentioned, Gadeok also looked around the new airport. In addition, the Democratic Party’s alliance, the Justice Party, is also a place that calls for “election airport” and “ticketing airport” and demands a blanking.

President Moon stayed in the sea near Gadeokdo Island on a fishing guidance ship that day and received a report on the plan for the new airport. At this meeting, “I am thrilled to see the new airport’s planned location and hear the Mega City initiative. Don’t stop with the plan, let’s make it happen.” In the Busan New Port, referring to the enactment of the Special Act on Gadeokdo New Airport, he said, “I hope for an early legislation. He also said, “It will become a global logistics hub.”

Ahead of the heavy election, the president’s visit to the field is bound to create controversy. In the days of Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, the opposition Democratic Party jumped out of “election intervention”. It’s a pity that President Moon, who knows that better than anyone else, has created controversy.

Moreover, it is regrettable that the site was a new airport in Gadeokdo Island. Gadeokdo New Airport is a card issued by the Democratic Party to make up for his inferiority in the line that takes place after Mayor Oh Geodon, who belongs to the party, gets off due to a sexual harassment incident. Since it couldn’t be done only with a pledge, a special law was prepared that received criticism such as “I couldn’t even repair the river in the neighborhood” (Cho Eung-cheon, Democratic Party Member), and “I will build a skyscraper without any design and procedures” (Lee Tae-gyu, National Assembly Member). . It was only yesterday that the Democratic Party’s Busan City Party announced a pledge to promote the fast track construction of the new airport on Gadeok Island, and today is the Democratic Party’s plan to pass a special law at the plenary session of the National Assembly. In the meantime, the special law was not passed in a controversial place, but President Moon promised to support it. It’s the behavior of tying under the plum tree.

President Moon went with the barnkeeper, Hong Nam-ki, the deputy prime minister of the economy, and Byeon Chang-heum, the minister of land, transportation, and others. Both the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport are critical of the special law. In particular, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport gave a virtual objection to the Commissioners this month, saying, “If you are aware of a procedural problem, refusing to object to the special law may be considered abandonment of work.” But President Moon, head of the administration, said, “To complete it before 2030, we need speed. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport must have a responsible attitude,” and there was a case in which Minister Byeon bowed his head, saying, “I am sorry for being disagreeable.” This is to block the backlash from the public officials.

Thus, the opposition party says, “Please don’t forget that the president’s blatant involvement in elections, which undermines the election order, is a ground for impeachment” (Ho-Young Joo, National Forces Representative). President Moon used to criticize the conservative regime’s’construction’. Gadeokdo New Airport is a project of up to 28 trillion won, which takes more than 6 years to reclaim offshore and requires large-scale mountain cuts. We have to go through the procedure and consider step by step whether it is really necessary, but it is by no means a project to be pushed for election purposes.