On April 25, Cheong Wa Dae referred to the allegations that Heo Hyeon-jun (47), senior administrator at the office of the secretary for public communications requested the Korea Parent Federation to organize a demonstration, as a problem caused by the "individual administrator Heo." Cheong Wa Dae's response came five days after the allegations were first raised.
Each time a major scandal broke out, such as the intervention in the presidential election by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the military's Cyber Warfare Command, and the intervention in state affairs by unofficial heavyweights, Cheong Wa Dae and the government repeated the same argument claiming these problems as those caused by the individual. They limited major issues that stirred controversy in state affairs to the problem of the individual, distorting the nature of the problem and trying to minimize the impact on Cheong Wa Dae.
Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Jeong Yeon-guk met with reporters at Cheong Wa Dae's press room this day and said, "At the heart of this issue is whether or not Cheong Wa Dae gave such orders. What I can tell you as a spokesperson is that Cheong Wa Dae did not give such orders." He further elaborated, "They (the press) claim that an administrator gave the orders, but that administrator clearly said that there were no such orders, such orders were never given. " He denied the relevant facts while limiting the issue to the problem of the individual Heo.
As for the press coverage that Heo referred to the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Sexual Slavery by Japan as a "pro-North group" and ordered the parent federation to hold a rally in front of the council's office, Jeong said, "I don't have anything to say about the words spoken by the individual administrator."
It appears Cheong Wa Dae is belatedly attempting to cut the tail after first responding with silence followed by denial, and repeating to remain silent after the scandal first broke out.
In the past, the government and the ruling party had claimed the deviant acts of the individual each time a major scandal broke out. In late 2013, when allegations were raised that the National Intelligence Service and the military's Cyber Warfare Command intervened in the presidential elections, they argued, "They were acts carried out individually by some of our agents" (NIS Director Nam Jae-joon). When it was disclosed that a Cheong Wa Dae administrator had been involved in the process of viewing the personal information of Chae, allegedly the illegitimate child of the public prosecutor general at the time, in December 2013, they also argued, "It was an act of the individual that Cheong Wa Dae had nothing to do with" (Senior Secretary for Public Relations Lee Jung-hyun).
At the end of 2014, when allegations were raised that “behind-the-scenes” heavyweights interfered with state affairs, Cheong Wa Dae said, "It was revealed that something that could not happen, a handful of people shaking the nation due to their personal interests, had occurred" (Senior Secretary for Public Relations Yoon Doo-hyun).
It is simple as to why the government and the ruling party are once again insisting that the problem is one of misjudgment by an individual. Cheong Wa Dae, which has yet to overcome the defeat in the April 13 parliamentary elections, probably judged that they could receive a serious blow if they failed to conclude things at about this point. But some experts point out that Cheong Wa Dae might make matters worse by trying to back out, since allegations concerning the Korea Parent Federation and the government continue to mushroom here and there.
Each time a major scandal broke out, such as the intervention in the presidential election by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the military's Cyber Warfare Command, and the intervention in state affairs by unofficial heavyweights, Cheong Wa Dae and the government repeated the same argument claiming these problems as those caused by the individual. They limited major issues that stirred controversy in state affairs to the problem of the individual, distorting the nature of the problem and trying to minimize the impact on Cheong Wa Dae.
Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Jeong Yeon-guk met with reporters at Cheong Wa Dae's press room this day and said, "At the heart of this issue is whether or not Cheong Wa Dae gave such orders. What I can tell you as a spokesperson is that Cheong Wa Dae did not give such orders." He further elaborated, "They (the press) claim that an administrator gave the orders, but that administrator clearly said that there were no such orders, such orders were never given. " He denied the relevant facts while limiting the issue to the problem of the individual Heo.
As for the press coverage that Heo referred to the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Sexual Slavery by Japan as a "pro-North group" and ordered the parent federation to hold a rally in front of the council's office, Jeong said, "I don't have anything to say about the words spoken by the individual administrator."
It appears Cheong Wa Dae is belatedly attempting to cut the tail after first responding with silence followed by denial, and repeating to remain silent after the scandal first broke out.
In the past, the government and the ruling party had claimed the deviant acts of the individual each time a major scandal broke out. In late 2013, when allegations were raised that the National Intelligence Service and the military's Cyber Warfare Command intervened in the presidential elections, they argued, "They were acts carried out individually by some of our agents" (NIS Director Nam Jae-joon). When it was disclosed that a Cheong Wa Dae administrator had been involved in the process of viewing the personal information of Chae, allegedly the illegitimate child of the public prosecutor general at the time, in December 2013, they also argued, "It was an act of the individual that Cheong Wa Dae had nothing to do with" (Senior Secretary for Public Relations Lee Jung-hyun).
At the end of 2014, when allegations were raised that “behind-the-scenes” heavyweights interfered with state affairs, Cheong Wa Dae said, "It was revealed that something that could not happen, a handful of people shaking the nation due to their personal interests, had occurred" (Senior Secretary for Public Relations Yoon Doo-hyun).
It is simple as to why the government and the ruling party are once again insisting that the problem is one of misjudgment by an individual. Cheong Wa Dae, which has yet to overcome the defeat in the April 13 parliamentary elections, probably judged that they could receive a serious blow if they failed to conclude things at about this point. But some experts point out that Cheong Wa Dae might make matters worse by trying to back out, since allegations concerning the Korea Parent Federation and the government continue to mushroom here and there.
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