Ahn Cheol-soo to Moon Administration: "Many Safety Accidents During Regime Change... Please Do Your Best for Public Safety"

"Demand for Trawling-Type Data May Hinder Government's Core Duties Such as Public Safety"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] Ahn Cheol-soo, the chairman of the transition committee, stated that there are many major safety accidents during regime changes and expressed his hope that the current government will do its best to ensure the safety of the people.

On the 28th, at the full meeting of the Presidential Transition Committee office in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Chairman Ahn said, "I hope that the current government will show its best efforts in state affairs and public safety until the last day, following the meeting between the president-elect and President Moon."

Chairman Ahn mentioned major safety accidents during past regime changes to emphasize awareness of safety issues. He said, "In February 2003, when the Participatory Government was launched, there was the Daegu subway disaster, and in February 2008, during the transition to the Lee Myung-bak administration, as everyone remembers, there was the Namdaemun arson incident. During this presidential election period, large wildfires occurred nationwide, including Gangwon Province, causing many people to suffer damages, and next month on the 16th marks the 8th anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster."

He continued, "Regardless of political views, it is the responsibility of all governments, including the newly launched government, to ensure that such accidents that plunged all citizens into grief never happen again."

To the members inside the transition committee, he said, "You must study harder than those who report," and added, "If transition committee members request numerous materials from each ministry in a dragnet manner without sufficient study and research, there is concern that bureaucrats may be hindered in their core government duties directly related to the safety and lives of the people."

He further stated, "The transition committee, which is entrusted with preventing a governance vacuum, must not cause a halt in state affairs," and added, "The most important task of the transition committee is to pinpoint and review problematic areas accurately and create alternatives. I ask you to work diligently and efficiently with the sense of mission that the light illuminating the nights of the transition committee will become a lantern lighting the future of the people and the new government."

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