People Party: "The government only calls for a '2-week extension,' but will be judged '2 weeks later'"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] The People's Party criticized the government's decision to extend 'social distancing' for two weeks, saying it will be "judged in two weeks."

Hong Kyung-hee, senior deputy spokesperson of the People's Party election committee, said on the 5th, "It seems inspired by the Ministry of Education's three calls since February for a two-week delay in school reopening. Is it really too much to ask an incompetent government for fundamental measures beyond 'more than two weeks'?"

He added, "Extending the social distancing period without establishing meticulous support measures is a piecemeal symptomatic treatment that only produces innocent victims forced into mandatory business closures during this period and causes controversy over fairness among the people."

He continued, "Leave the campaign to the voluntary participation of our highly capable citizens, and the government should now establish comprehensive measures through a mid- to long-term roadmap for infectious diseases and listen to the voices of numerous small business owners and micro-entrepreneurs on the front lines who are pushed to the brink of collapse."

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