Regarding the plan to relocate the Oval Office promoted by President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol to Yongsan, President Moon Jae-in said, “Personally, I do not think it is appropriate.”
President Moon said this in a conversation with former anchor Sohn Seok-hee, which was broadcast on JTBC on the 26th under the title of ‘Moon Jae-in’s 5 Years’.
President Moon said, “Relocating the office is a centuries-old tradition in the country, but we haven’t gathered public opinion about where it is appropriate, etc.”
“In addition, I think it is dangerous to pursue such things as ‘leave the Ministry of National Defense by the end of March, leave the room’ and ‘we will start work on May 10’ during the regime change, when our security crisis is at its height.” he criticized
President Moon said, “If a relocation is necessary, it is necessary to fully discuss where it is appropriate and let the Ministry of National Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff come up with a plan for the stable relocation, and then move according to the plan.” It is difficult to accept the decision of the ceremony and the way things are handled.”
However, President Moon said, “As the new government has a will and is pursuing it as if it were the ‘No. We have no choice but to cooperate that we can.”
When asked, ‘President Moon made a promise before moving to the Oval Office, didn’t he think that it would have been better if he did it?’, President Moon answered, “No. I think I made a good decision (that I did not relocate).”
He continued, “The promise is to get out of the Blue House in the old palace, where even the chief of staff at the time of the Park Geun-hye administration did not know where the president is, and enter the people,” he said. The image of the Blue House of the Gujunggung Palace has disappeared,” he said.
President Moon said, “(The opposition party toward the Blue House) put the old-fashioned palace over the frame as it was.” In addition, regarding President-elect Yoon’s willingness to break free from the Blue House, saying that ‘space dominates consciousness’, he said, “What does that have to do with the Blue House? It is inconceivable that the space called the Blue House dominates consciousness and prevents communication.”
In response to the question of ‘there is a relatively small number of press conferences and there are criticisms that communication is lacking,’ he said, “I think we communicated as much as possible in our environment.” What does it have to do with the space called
Reporter Yoo-kyung Jo, Donga.com polaris27@donga.com
