Criticism of CEO Lee for mentioning conspiracy theory, “It’s like trying to eat fried rice from a house on fire.”
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The President’s Office directly criticized Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, for saying on the 25th, “Doctors must stop the strike and the government must stop the ‘repression show’,” calling it “an attempt to escape an internal crisis.” Representative Lee’s remarks are said to be political-inducing remarks calculated to divert attention from the party’s internal problems, such as the Democratic Party’s general election nomination noise, to the outside world.
A high-ranking official from the President’s Office responded to Representative Lee’s remarks in a phone call with the Dong-A Ilbo on the 25th, saying, “It is not right to announce such divisive content at a time when the political world must come together to resolve how to resolve the public suffering caused by the medical strike.” He criticized, “Running into a burning house as if you were going to pick up fried food over an issue that depends on the lives and health of the people is an act of inducing political strife that cannot be tolerated.” This official said, “Representative Lee initially expressed his welcome for the government’s expansion of medical schools, and did not even say that it was something that could not be achieved under the Democratic Party government?” and “In light of this, Representative Lee’s current remarks are absurd.”
On the 25th, CEO Lee said on Facebook, “The optimal number of staff that can be realistically accommodated in the medical field is around 400 to 500 people,” and “Even if we go beyond the strike, medical school quota expansion is unavoidable, and a doctor’s strike is difficult to tolerate from the public’s perspective.” “He said. He said, “As a result of the Democratic Party’s deliberation, it seems that the medical community will also accept this level of increase.” At the same time, he said, “I hope that the public suspicion that the government is intentionally trying to raise approval ratings by inducing a strike (by doctors) by increasing the number of medical schools by 2,000 and then compromising to around 500, which was the original target, is not true,” he said, calling it a conspiracy theory. took it out.
Prior to this, in October last year, Representative Lee expressed his welcome to the government’s declaration to expand the number of medical school students. At the time, Representative Lee said, “Expanding essential medical care and public medical care is an important task, and the Democratic Party also tried to do it, but was unable to do it.” “The President said he would step forward and solve it himself, so let’s cooperate and work together to solve this important problem.”
On this day, the President’s Office dismissed conspiracy theories surrounding the expansion of medical school seats, saying, “The solution to this situation lies right ‘by the patients.’” A senior official in the Presidential Office said, “The scale of the increase in doctors is not a matter for negotiation,” and “The government’s current position is that even this (current scale of increase) is insufficient.” Another high-ranking official said, “The medical community is like the last remaining ‘cartel,’” and added, “This time, we must use the power of the people to make them give in.”
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2024-02-25 03:52:00
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