Yoon Hee-sook: "Government officials who drain the country say 'Wait even if jeonse is inconvenient'"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Yoon Hee-sook, a member of the People Power Party, criticized Kim Sang-jo, the Blue House Chief Policy Officer, saying that his remark "Please wait even if the jeonse transition period is uncomfortable" was "an arrogance that a public official who lives off the country’s salary should never have."

On the 3rd, Yoon said on Facebook, "It is astonishing how the Chief Policy Officer belittles the suffering of the people as merely a transitional issue."

She was referring to Kim’s appearance on a TV news program, where he said, "In the past, when the jeonse contract period was extended from one year to two years, there was about a seven-month transitional instability. This time as well, due to rapid market changes such as the three lease laws, the transition period may be longer. Please wait even if it is inconvenient."

Yoon pointed out, "The severe market turmoil 20 years ago should have served as a cautionary lesson for public officials not to cause unnecessary shocks. Nevertheless, they are inflicting even stronger shocks on today’s much more complex market without any mitigation measures, causing suffering and throwing away the lessons of the past. Instead of apologizing for this negligence and arbitrariness, they tell the people to 'wait even if it is inconvenient.' This is an arrogance that a public official who lives off the country’s salary should never have."

She criticized, "No matter how high the authority of the Chief Policy Officer and other Blue House senior secretaries rises, they are officially secretaries," adding, "There is an Economic Deputy Prime Minister and the relevant ministers, so it is hard to see it as normal that a secretary who should work behind the scenes appears on TV to announce policy directions."

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