Poor preparations for the 25th World Scout Jamboree are being revealed one after another. Of the 256 construction or service contracts ordered by Jeonbuk-do, the executive body, only 15 cases were completed after August 1, the opening day of the Jamboree. In the case of the Jamboree Main Center, it was scheduled to be completed at the end of March next year, so a temporary permit was obtained to use it as an operation headquarters, etc., resulting in an absurd situation. The 6.7 billion won 2nd Jamboree infrastructure installation work is scheduled to be completed on December 17, four months after the closing. This is because Jeonbuk Province only signed a contract in December 2021, four years and four months after the event was confirmed. The fact that the Saemangeum campsite turned into a sea of water when the typhoon ‘Kanun’ hit it probably has nothing to do with ‘strange contracts’.
Suspicion was also raised that preferential treatment was provided under the pretext of preferential treatment to local companies while holding an international event. According to Rep. Jeong Kyung-hee, a representative of the Jeonbuk region of the Democratic Party of Korea has won 8 public relations contracts worth 2.359 billion won. A local company in Jeonju, which is ranked in the top 1000 in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s construction capability evaluation, won an order for infrastructure construction. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, which has been leading the preparations for the Jamboree, cannot escape responsibility for its lack of preparation and immature management. Leisure Minister Kim Hyeon-sook, who assured her that she had “prepared all countermeasures against the heat wave,” said that she should reflect on her negligent on-site inspections and lack of communication.
Even after going through a catastrophic level of limping, the political world and related organizations are consistent in making excuses and taking responsibility. Kim Kwan-young, governor of North Jeolla Province, held a press conference on the 14th and said, “The Saemangeum project has been promoted as a national project even before the Jamboree was hosted,” and showed an appearance of practically avoiding responsibility. Former President Moon Jae-in raised the theory of responsibility for the current administration, saying, “The sky did not help because people were not well prepared.” Considering that the infrastructure progress rate at the event site during the Moon administration was only 37%, it can be said that it is a transfer of responsibility. The ruling and opposition parties and related organizations should stop shifting responsibility for insolvency and cooperate in identifying the cause and responsibility. The Board of Audit and Inspection must prevent a ‘second Jamboree incident’ by uncovering and blaming the process in which the national prestige was damaged even though a budget of 117.1 billion won was invested in preparing for the event for six years.
2023-08-14 15:00:00
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