Tak Hyun-min "Seventh Year in Power Extremely Tiring... Because They Have No Content Themselves"

"Blaming the Previous Government" Seen as "Tendency to Shift Responsibility"
"Jamboree Pushing K-Pop... Will Feel Embarrassed Themselves"

Former Blue House Protocol Secretary Tak Hyun-min mocked the ruling party on the 22nd for shifting the responsibility of the 2023 Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree fiasco and the controversy over broadcasting control to the Moon Jae-in administration, saying, "After about seven years in power, it’s very tiring," and added, "I think we should have prepared more and made more efforts."

Tak appeared on MBC Radio's 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus' that day and said, "Because they keep shifting all the responsibility, it actually feels like it’s the seventh year in power," and criticized, "Those who say that tend to avoid taking responsibility and try to shift the blame, while also failing to show their own content."

He continued, "So, in such a situation, the only thing they can say is to blame the previous government or predecessors, and in that sense, it is somewhat understandable given that they lack their own content."

Tak Hyun-min, former Protocol Secretary at the Blue House. [Image provided by Jeonnam Province, Yonhap News]

Regarding the Jamboree’s schedule ending with a K-pop concert, he said, "As someone who has directed performances and experienced national events, I think there was no other way but to hold a K-pop concert," and added, "It was probably the only way to make up for all the situations that happened earlier."

Tak pointed out, "However, I have publicly mentioned before that if the Jamboree participants are simply turned into an audience for a K-pop concert, it would be a double failure?failure in the process and failure in the outcome," and said, "Even if the finale had to be a performance, there should have been a program and direction that embodied the spirit and values of the Jamboree."

He continued, "They should have directed it to connect K-pop with their minimum achievements, but that part was missing," and said, "They just pushed K-pop, so to speak, to get applause and say, 'We were satisfied, we ended well,' but wouldn’t they feel quite embarrassed themselves?"

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