People Power Party: "Moon Government Statistics Korea Manipulation and Distortion Suspicions... The Truth of the Incident Must Be Fully Revealed"

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] On the 18th, the People Power Party urged a thorough investigation, referring to the Board of Audit and Inspection's ongoing audit into allegations of manipulation and distortion of statistics by the National Statistical Office during the Moon Jae-in administration's income-led growth policy.

Park Jeong-ha, spokesperson for the People Power Party, stated in a commentary that "the income-led growth policy promoted by the Moon Jae-in administration was nothing more than a fantasy novel with no origin even in economics textbooks," and added, "Allegations that even national statistics were distorted to push through economic policies akin to a fantasy novel are spreading like wildfire."

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Spokesperson Park pointed out, "It is known that concrete evidence has emerged showing that in 2018, Blue House officials held meetings with the National Statistical Office to direct the preparation of statistical data and pressured them to reflect only samples favorable to themselves," adding, "One must not lie with numbers. Manipulating the National Statistical Office out of fear that their economic policies would be revealed as mere fantasy novels is a serious crime that eats away at the nation."

He emphasized, "National statistics serve as fundamental data for determining mid- to long-term government policies, so manipulating or distorting them is an act that ruins the country's future," and stated, "The truth of who and how threatened our country's future must be fully uncovered."

Jang Dong-hyeok, floor spokesperson for the People Power Party, also said, "The Board of Audit and Inspection is conducting an audit on statistics related to core policies of the Moon Jae-in administration, such as income, employment, and housing, following the manipulation of the economic feasibility of the Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant and the fabrication of the West Sea public official's defection," and criticized, "Manipulating national statistics is not just simple number tampering. It distorts the market and misleads national policies in a distorted direction, ultimately destroying the entire country."

Spokesperson Jang stressed, "Former President Moon Jae-in and related parties who forcibly implemented policies directly connected to the lives of the people through manipulation and concealment must sincerely cooperate with the investigation and apologize before the public."

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