People Power's Park Soo-young: "Democratic Party's Impeachment Ride Causes Government Vacuum... Concerns Over Delay in Accident Management"

"Stop Thinking About Lee Jae-myung... Think About the Country"
"Suspend Political Strife Until the Incident Is Resolved"

Park Soo-young, a member of the People Power Party, mentioned the Jeju Airport passenger plane disaster and claimed that a national administration vacuum occurred due to the impeachment. At the same time, he criticized the Democratic Party of Korea, which led the impeachment of President Yoon Seok-yeol and Prime Minister and Acting President Han Duck-soo.

On the 29th, Park posted a message titled "The Effect of Serial Impeachments" on his social media account. He began by saying, "The entire nation is heartbroken over the accident that occurred this morning at Muan Airport," and explained, "When a social disaster occurs, the government forms a countermeasure headquarters to swiftly handle the accident. Usually, the Minister of the Interior and Safety serves as the head, but in large-scale cases like this, it is customary for the Prime Minister to take charge."

Park Su-young, member of the People Power Party. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

Park said, "However, due to the serial impeachments by the Democratic Party of Korea, our government currently has neither a Prime Minister nor a Minister of the Interior and Safety," and asked, "What should we do about this?" He added, "Unless someone has no experience in governance or is indifferent even if the administration collapses, they would never even consider serial impeachments," expressing concern, "I am truly worried about the national administration vacuum caused by the Democratic Party's irresponsible serial impeachments. Even amid this tragic disaster, I want to ask whether the Democratic Party will continue its political offensive and carry out the previously announced serial impeachments." Finally, he emphasized, "I hope they think about the country and stop thinking about Lee Jae-myung," and "Please stop the political strife until this accident is resolved."

Earlier, Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 attempted a belly landing on the runway of Muan Airport around 9:03 a.m. on the 29th, with the landing gear (airplane wheels) not deployed. During the attempt, the aircraft collided with the outer wall. Subsequently, the plane was severely damaged and caught fire, with most of the fuselage engulfed in flames. There were 181 people on board, including 175 passengers and 6 crew members. According to the Fire Agency's tally, 179 people died and 2 were rescued. As a result, the Jeju Air passenger plane disaster became the deadliest aviation accident in South Korea. Choi Sang-mok, Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, declared Muan a special disaster area and chaired a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at the Muan County Office. Acting Prime Minister Choi announced, "The government designates a national mourning period of seven days from today until midnight on January 4."

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