People Power Party: "Blaming Jeong Eun-kyung, once hailed as a K-Quarantine hero... It's terrifying"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The Central Accident Response Headquarters' statement yesterday that "the decision to purchase vaccines is made by Jeong Eun-kyeong, the Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)" was criticized by the People Power Party as "shifting responsibility onto Commissioner Jeong, who was hailed as a hero of K-quarantine."

People Power Party spokesperson Bae Jun-young said on the 24th, "Does the Blue House want to shift the president's responsibility like that?"

Regarding the announcement by the Central Accident Response Headquarters, Spokesperson Bae said, "In summary, it means that Commissioner Jeong, who was hailed as a hero of K-quarantine by the government, completely cut off the president's orders," adding, "How can you suddenly slander and disgrace a family member who worked like blood relatives and as one body? It's terrifying."

He said, "On July 27, 2017, the president said, 'There is no way to say that the Blue House is not the control tower for disasters and calamities. Whether the Blue House is involved or not, it must think that it cannot be exempt from responsibility to the people,'" adding, "Even now, how about the president personally stepping forward and mobilizing all diplomatic capabilities to acquire vaccines secured by other countries? No matter what anyone says, the president is the ultimate person responsible for vaccines, or rather, disasters."

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