Kim Tae-nyeon: "Kim Jong-in's 'Corona Crisis' Remarks... Regrettable Distorted Perception of Reality"

Kim Tae-nyeon, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the policy coordination meeting held at the National Assembly on the 28th and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] Kim Tae-nyeon, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, on the 28th sharply criticized Kim Jong-in, the emergency committee chairman of the People Power Party, for calling the response to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) a "COVID crisis" during his New Year's press conference, saying, "It is a distorted perception of reality that is regrettable."

At the policy coordination meeting held at the National Assembly that morning, Floor Leader Kim said, "Chairman Kim said that the government responded incompetently and sluggishly, politicized quarantine measures, and that it was a comprehensive management failure caused by human error. It is shocking."

He added, "While the whole world evaluates that South Korea is doing well in both quarantine and the economy, only the People Power Party is closing their eyes and ears," and criticized, "Chairman Kim's remarks insult our people and are statements that only burden the quarantine efforts."

He continued, "On the contrary, the People Power Party has used quarantine for elections and politics throughout the year," and criticized, "Chairman Kim said that before last year's general election, letters from doctors were flooding in, saying that the number of patients would surge after the election, and even spread fake news that the government was deliberately reducing COVID-19 testing."

He then said, "The People Power Party only has a timetable for politics and no timetable for people's livelihoods," and emphasized, "The people will no longer tolerate the regression of repeated distortion of facts and sophistry. To overcome the national crisis of COVID-19, it is not enough for the ruling and opposition parties to join forces. I urge the People Power Party to stop sophistry and cooperate in saving people's livelihoods and the economy."

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