Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung and Vice Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki and Minister of Strategy and Finance met again on the 23rd.
The Governor Lee criticized Deputy Prime Minister Hong the day before as "Jaringobi, who saves surgery expenses during the war," and on this day, in relation to the wide-area bus policy, "Sniping" took place two days in a row, writing expressions such as "the country of the innocent equipment department."
Governor Lee criticized in a Facebook post on the day that "Deputy Prime Minister Hong should not leave state affairs to Gyeonggi Province."
Governor Lee argues that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Gyeonggi Province overturned the agreement to pay half of the cost of the increased bus fare to the national treasury and cut the budget.
Governor Lee said, "No matter how far the word'country of the Ministry of Materials' is spoken, we will not break the official agreement between government agencies freely with the supervisor for criticizing the policy of the Ministry of Materials."
However, he continued, "Rather than revitalizing the economy or alleviating polarization, he fell into a sense of duty that was obsessed with the role of the government treasurer, fell into the theory of fiscal balance and government debt, and with false conviction that the preservation of the national treasury was important, he transferred the burden to weak local governments "I pointed out.
The Governor Lee mentioned the small size of Korea's fiscal deficit the day before, and fired a direct shot saying, "I would like to ask the Ministry of Finance including Deputy Prime Minister Hong. Are you proud? If so, you should seriously doubt the lack of quality as an economic bureaucrat."
He said, "Even if I feel shame at the fact that there was little financial loss because I didn't take care of the lives of the difficult people, I couldn't afford it. I just kept sighing if I was proud."
He criticized, "It wasn't boasting to save money for surgery during the war, but to certify that it was a low-quality Zaringo cost."
On the morning of this day, Deputy Prime Minister Hong responded by posting a phrase on Facebook that means,'As if a thick rock does not budge even when the wind blows, the serious will never be shaken by trivial points.'
He indirectly criticized Governor Lee's remarks, saying, "In the course of responding to Corona 19, this phrase suddenly came to mind when I heard excessive claims that disproportionate part of the Ministry and my work."
Deputy Prime Minister Hong said, "Now, there is no time to look aside for the crisis and economic recovery. There will be no further comment or response in the future." He made a special remark after the criticism of the Governor's metropolitan bus. Did not come out.
This is not the first time that Governor Lee and Deputy Prime Minister Hong have clashed.
In March, at the beginning of the Corona 19 outbreak, Deputy Prime Minister Hong drew a line in response to the Governor's claim to pay basic disaster income, saying, "There are many advantages, but there are several problems, so it is difficult to agree."
Starting from this, Governor Lee and Deputy Prime Minister Hong held a ‘new scripture war’, representing universal and selective support for disaster subsidies.
In August, a conflict arose over the Governor's remark, "Even if the disaster support is paid 100 times per 300,000 won, it is lower than the average national debt ratio in developed countries."
The opposition party criticized Governor Lee's remarks as'a stupid story', but Deputy Prime Minister Hong agreed, saying, "If you make a mistake, you can mislead the people."
At the time, when the Governor was answered "I will try to grow old," Deputy Prime Minister Hong stepped back, saying, "How would I say,'There is iron, there is no iron' for the Governor. The general public said it could be misleading."
Afterwards, Governor Lee set the day aiming at Deputy Prime Minister Hong, saying, "We adhere to the typical tabletop policy", "It deviates from the values of universal welfare and fairness", and "This country is a nation of the people, not the Ministry of Equipment."
(Photo = Yonhap News)