Jin Joong-kwon "Daegu Mayor Worked Hard to Manage COVID-19... What Did the United Future Party Do?"

"Hardship Belongs to Future United Party Local Leaders... Attention on Gyeonggi Province Governor and Seoul Mayor"

Former Dongyang University Professor Jin Joong-kwon Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ga-yeon] Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon criticized Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin, saying, "The local government heads from the United Future Party were the ones who worked the hardest in managing the COVID-19 crisis, so what exactly did the United Future Party do?"

On the 28th, former professor Jin posted an article titled "Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin, Flood of Interview Requests from Overseas Media... 'They Want to Learn from the Quarantine City Daegu'" on his Facebook, making these remarks.

He said, "From the start, the COVID-19 crisis should have been approached as a national disaster requiring bipartisan cooperation, but the problem was that they only habitually criticized the government from a partisan perspective," adding, "In such a crisis, most citizens tend to unite around their leaders."

He continued, "They blindly accepted the political claims of strange groups without any verification and recklessly attacked the government, only to feel embarrassed later," and pointed out, "While terrorist acts targeting Asians are occurring worldwide, supporters of that party are spreading conspiracy theories like 'Chinagate' and so on."

Former professor Jin stated, "The epicenter of this disaster was Daegu City, and the ones who suffered the most were the citizens of Daegu," adding, "Pro-Moon Jae-in figures such as Kim Eo-jun, Gong Ji-young, Jeon Woo-yong, and Kim Jeong-ran were busy insulting the citizens of Daegu. Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung even subtly suggested implementing checkpoints for those coming from Daegu."

He then said, "However, the media's attention was actually focused on the governors of Gyeonggi Province and Seoul. Someone staged a dramatic raid on the Shincheonji headquarters and suddenly emerged as a hero in overcoming COVID-19," and criticized, "Because the United Future Party was incompetent, foreign media paid attention to others first."

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