[용산M부스] There is no such thing as naengnae in my dictionary?

– “There will be no insight into Yun Seok-yeol’s dictionary.” (November 5 last year)

His face was full of confidence and his voice was firm. A full year ago, on November 5, last year, the National People Power Convention was held at the Baekbeom Memorial Hall in Yongsan. As expected, President Yoon Seok-yeol was elected as the presidential candidate for People Power, and in his acceptance speech, he appealed for support, saying, ‘Conflict will not be in my dictionary’.

These words came from the process of emphasizing that the people of the Moon Jae-in government at the time were hypocrites. In addition, during the presidential election period, President Yoon also poured out many stinging comments that had alienated him from the previous government. However, many of the words President Yoon spoke at the time are now boomerangs, hitting the bones of Yun Seok-yeol’s government.

In particular, after the Itaewon disaster, many people who were deeply disillusioned with the role of the government and the reason for the existence of the state began to raise traces of the so-called ‘Yun Jeok-yun’, which edited ‘Enemy President Yun Seok-yeol, President Yoon Seok-yul’ on the Internet and SNS.

■ “The reason the government exists is how it protects the people”

– “The reason for the existence of the government is how it protects the people in a crisis situation, but this government does not seem to prove the reason for the existence of the government.” (August 12 last year)

In August last year, when he declared his candidacy for president and organized a camp to run for president, President Yoon strongly criticized the then Moon Jae-in government’s measures against COVID-19 and spoke of ‘the reason for the existence of the government ‘. At that time, it was pointed out that when the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeded 2,000 per day, the government was unable to protect the people due to a poor response.

However, this very comment started to be talked about again in the wake of the recent Itaewon disaster which killed more than 150 people.

Although a crowd of 100,000 people was expected, only 130 police officers were sent to the scene, and the Commissioner of the National Police Agency acknowledged the situation just two hours after the accident. The head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency did not receive the report during the night in time either, and the police did not respond properly to the 112 calls.

The Minister of Home Affairs and Security provoked public anger by saying that ‘getting rid of the police was not a problem that could be solved’, and the president’s office was busy with Minister Lee Sang-min, the chief tax officer , says ‘the police have no legal authority’.

It is not known when and how the President’s Office, the disaster control tower, gave instructions to the police or other related agencies, except the President after receiving the first report from the fire department at 10:53 on the night of the disaster.

President Yoon Seok-yeol and his wife attended the Itaewon disaster commemoration ceremony [사진 제공: 연합뉴스]

In the end, six days after the disaster, President Yoon made a statement of apology, saying, “I am heartbroken and sorry.” However, there was no explanation for the poor response and the delay in the government’s failure to protect the people in a crisis situation.

■ “Strongly oppose any attempt to undermine the freedom of the press”

– “I strongly oppose any attempt to undermine the freedom of the press in any way with ‘fake news or is it based on real facts’ that would undermine the freedom of the press in any way.” (Last February 13)

These are the words President Yoon said during his presidential nomination in February. “I oppose any attempt to undermine the freedom of the press with fake news or based on real facts,” he said.

However, when the profanity controversy arose during a trip to New York in September, the president’s office suddenly attacked the media, claiming it was fake news. After 15 hours of comments, the president’s office insisted, “Listen again, it’s not Biden, it’s supposed to be blown away.”

When ‘if you don’t approve’ and ‘if you blow’ overlapped, it became an awkward sentence with ‘~myeon’ appearing twice in a row.

Even the senior PR officials say that ‘this XX is for the Korean National Assembly’ was overshadowed by President Yoon’s response to ‘I don’t remember’. Perhaps even that wasn’t enough, the chief of staff even threatened the media, saying, “We must stamp out fake news that undermines alliances, sickens freedom, and alienates the people.”

The office of the president and the ruling party have grown into a ‘fake news’ policy that ends with simple words and events. In the end, numerous complaints were sent to the media, and the investigation stage was reached.

What did President Yoon defend against the profanity controversy that spread to the nation’s listening evaluation? Is it freedom of speech?

The presidential office has yet to release the results of a voice analysis consulted with ‘Nalli-myeon’ on the grounds that it is a ‘commercial secret’.

■ “It is inappropriate to comment on my duties as President.”

– “It is inappropriate to make any comments about our duties.” (last July 8)

Since taking office, President Yoon has taken a stance that he will not be officially involved in party affairs and will not comment. However, on the 26th of the same month, when a text message from President Yoon to Yoon Hak-kwan became known, the political world was shocked.

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– “Our party is also doing well. We have to continue doing this. It has changed since the leader of the party, who used to shoot internally, changed.” (Last July 26, text message from President Yoon)

President Yoon’s words, ‘I will not get involved in party affairs,’ were in direct conflict with President Yoon’s text, ‘Inside firearms party representative’.

After the Cheritabong texting controversy, President Yoon did not go on the doorstep for a while due to schedule reasons and effectively avoided talking about the party involvement controversy by leaving the summer vacation.

And then again, as if nothing happened, we stick to our current position.

– “As president, I do not think it is desirable to talk about certain duties.” (September 2 last)

■ President Yoon fights with his own words…a war against ‘Juk-yun Yoon’?

This is not the only case where President Yun’s words contradict each other.

Immediately after his election in March, he said in a press conference, “I will communicate with parliament and cooperate with the opposition,” but only six months later, the comments of ‘this XX’ came out and sparking a debate targeting the opposition. with anti-state forces is impossible,” the opposition parties protested.

A full year ago today, President Yoon said this in his acceptance speech for the presidential candidate.

– “I will approach with a humble attitude, that if I cannot read the minds of the people, my support and my support can turn into criticism and anger at any time.” (November 5 last year)

And right after he took the presidency, he said this.

– “I will not hide behind the staff and honestly admit the government’s mistakes.” (last March 10)

President Yoon Seok-yeol is fighting with the precious words he has poured out over the past year. Isn’t the urgent task to get out of the ‘Yoon Jeok-yun’ quagmire?