Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun appeared on the KBS 1TV Sunday Diagnosis on the 20th and said, “There is public opinion about whether (providing a retest opportunity) is fair or the procedure is justified. We have not solved the problem.” . Reporter Shin In-seop
“In consideration of the corona (new coronavirus infection) situation we are in now, there will be a decision of the government sooner or later.”
On the 20th, when Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun mentioned the possibility of relief for medical students who refused to take the doctor’s state examination (hereinafter referred to as the state examination), a fierce post-storm broke out among the supporters of the Democratic Party.
Prime Minister Jung appeared on KBS 1TV’Sunday Diagnosis’ and said, “Because the public raised the question of whether it was fair or the procedure was justified, we have not been able to solve the problem until now.” “The government took action in consideration of various realistic situations. I will take it.” When the moderator asked again, “Is it possible to give you a chance to retest?” Prime Minister Chung replied, “You can see that way.”
On the online community and the party member bulletin board dominated by President Moon Jae-in’s polar supporters (munpas), articles filled with hostility toward medical students continued. There were many criticisms saying, “If Prime Minister Jeong’s words are true, we will leave the Democratic Party”, but there were also admonitions that “if the by-election is in front of us, and fair issues arise again, we will lose strategically.” There were many articles urging the Democratic Party to play an opposite role, such as “Why does the Democratic Party have no action in the actions of Prime Minister Jung, even though the government slogan is fair?”
Stepped democrat
The Democratic Party, which had been maintaining an uncompromising line in response to Prime Minister Chung’s sudden U-turn attempt, had a lot of staff twisted. At the end of September to early October, in the state of refusal to state politics, they said, “It contained only little pampering and was not responsible for the actions” (Supreme Commissioner Yang Hyangja) or “The reason that public opinion is negative is because of the thought that this is not possible without a word of apology” This is because the position of the major Democratic Party members, who was called (Min-seok Kim, Chairman of Health and Welfare Committee), remained unchanged.
In September, the medical agreement returned from the strike after consultations with the government. But at the time, medical students continued to strike. The photo shows medical staff at Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu. News 1
On this day, the leadership of the Democratic Party saved words. Representative Lee Nak-yeon said at the Supreme Council, “The hardships of the medical staff are in tears,” and then continued to praise the’nurse’. “A nurse with three children tears up that they can’t do that even if they want to see them,” he said.
A member of the Democratic Party, a non-mainstream member of the Democratic Party, said, “I was defeated because I walked too hard on the public medical school drive in anticipation of public opinion in the initial corona lull phase. I was twisted once because of the refusal of medical students and the third pandemic.”
Inside the party, “Sae-gyun Jeong is right” vs. “U-turn without coordination”
The background of the change of position that Prime Minister Jung himself revealed was the judgment that “the public opinion seems to change.” It was the answer to the host’s remarks, “I think public opinion will be important”. Immediately after the refusal of national politics, public opinion has changed. In a survey released on October 14 by Democratic Party lawmaker Huh Jong-sik, the retest’Opposite’ was 57.9%, higher than’Agree’ (36.9%) (see the Central Election Poll Deliberation Committee website for details).
A national petition posted on the Blue House National Petition bulletin board at the end of August, ‘Opposition to re-reception of medical students who canceled the national city’. When more than 570,000 people agreed, the Blue House said, “I am telling you that it is a situation that must comprehensively consider the acceptance of the people,” and said that there is no plan for a retest. Blue House website capture
Rather than public opinion, it is interpreted that the number of confirmed patients per day rises and falls, as a response to the realization of the medical personnel disruption along with the shortage of critically ill hospital beds. One Democratic Party member Jung-jin said, “In a situation where the voluntary participation of major doctors and medical students is desperately needed, Prime Minister Chung will be carrying the commission to be held.”
Inside the Democratic Party, the pros and cons of Prime Minister Chung’s’U-turn’ are in a tighter atmosphere.. Even though they were once hardliners, some people started to keep pace with Prime Minister Chung. Representative Kim Seong-ju, the secretary of the Democratic Party of the Health and Welfare Committee, is representative. Rep. Kim said in a call with the JoongAng Ilbo that day, “It is the government and ruling party’s attitude to resolve the conflict when there is a problem.” In September, it seemed to be softer than the one that pushed the medical students to “take responsibility for themselves”. A member of the Welfare Committee also said, “Medical students are voluntarily volunteering at screening clinics. There is no reason for medical students and the government to have an emotional fight anymore.”
In addition, Democratic Party representative Lee Nak-yeon and homemaker Kim Tae-yeon (from left) attend the Supreme Council Meeting held at the Yeouido National Assembly on the 21st. Representative Lee praised the hard work of medical personnel on this day, but only discussed the nursing workforce. Reporter Oh Jong-taek
However, a member of the Welfare Committee member Cho-sun said, “The party’s policy was consistently unavoidable for re-examination,” and said, “The government policy is a bit sudden.” He pointed out that “Prime Minister Jung is trying to change direction without coordinating with the party.” Another member of the welfare committee said, “Apologies from medical students must be preceded.” He said, “If retesting is allowed, public opinion will be heated due to fair issues.”
Bae Jong-chan, director of Insight K, said, “The position of Prime Minister Jung, who has a fortune as a presidential election runner, and the Democratic Party, where public opinion management is important ahead of re-election and re-election, is inevitable.” Gali can act as a background.”
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