Amid a series of damage caused by heavy rains in the central region, Democratic lawmakers criticized President Yoon Seok-yeol's response.
Park Chan-dae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, wrote on his SNS today (9th), "I only make phone calls during floods, and even if I come to the US number 3, it's very easy to make phone calls."
It was sarcasm by referring to President Yoon's phone conversation with Pelosi on the phone without meeting with Pelosi during the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Korea last week.
Democratic Party lawmaker Ko Min-jung also emphasized on SNS, "I was concerned about this urgent situation, so I said that the presidential residence and the Oval Office should be close."
In addition, he pointed out that "the president, not the prime minister, should personally visit the crisis management center in the underground bunker to report, receive and check the overall situation," and "the president is invisible now."
Democratic Party lawmaker Jang Kyung-tae also said, "President Yoon showed the people the absurd situation of being unable to get out of the house in a disaster situation due to the flooding around his home."
He then added, "It is President Yoon who mentioned a preemptive blow. I am really concerned about whether we will be able to keep the public's safety in the event of a bigger disaster."
Democratic Party lawmaker Han Jun-ho had a three-way phone call with Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min, and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon at his home in Seocho-gu, Seocho-gu, Seoul last night and early this morning when record heavy rain fell, and he reported the flood damage and discussed responses. I did.
According to the presidential office, President Yoon tried to directly visit the Gwanghwamun Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters or the site of the damage, but received a real-time report from his home because the vicinity of his home was flooded.