Debate about getting on an ambulance for dispatching a disaster
On the 19th, Prime Minister Han Deok-soo visited the joint memorial service for the victims of the Itaewon disaster unannounced, and turned around within 30 seconds amid protests from the bereaved families. After a weekly meeting with President Yoon Seok-yeol at the Presidential Office in Yongsan, Seoul at 2:30 pm Prime Minister Han is said to have gone with only essential bodyguards without any government officials.
However, the bereaved family stopped the prime minister and demanded that he “bring the president’s apology,” saying, “We will not accept it unless it is an official apology from the government.” Prime Minister Han, who nodded wordlessly to the bereaved family’s strong protest, said, “I understand. After saying, “Very well,” he turned about 30 seconds after reaching the incense burner. When asked by reporters about the reason for his visit, Prime Minister Han only replied, “I came personally.” Even the official timetable published by the Prime Minister’s Office did not include a plan for a joint memorial service.
Democratic Party Legislator Shin Hyun-young. newsMeanwhile, the ruling and opposition parties fought a battle over the claim that the Myongji Hospital emergency medical team (DMAT), which was being deployed at the time of the Itaewon disaster, was delayed before arriving at the scene because it was carrying a Democratic Party . lawmaker Shin Hyun-young to the assembly. In a commentary, Park Jung-ha, chief spokesperson of People’s Power, criticized, “If the suspicion is true, this is the worst abuse of power with people’s lives as collateral.” The floor speaker of the same party, Jang Dong-hyuk, urged Rep. Shin to resign as well, saying, “I took the golden time of the victims for my own political ‘golden time’.” Representative Shin, a former doctor, explained on BBS radio, “I thought it would be useful in the field as a doctor, not as a member of the National Assembly, but as a member of the emergency medical team.” On Facebook, he also denied the suspicion that the Myongji Hospital team had reached the latest among seven hospitals in Gyeonggi Province, saying, “The vehicle that was with the Myongji Hospital team was a doctor’s car, a regular vehicle without a siren.”
Reporter Lee Yun-tae oldsport@donga.com
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