After Gyeonggi and Gwangju, Jeju and Jeollanam-do were replaced … Seoul Metropolitan Education Bureau changed
There have been subsequent cases of changing the name of the “Joint Incense Center for Itaewon Accident Victims” to “Joint Incense Center for Itaewon Disaster Victims”, focusing on leaders of opposition groups and local governments. .
Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jeong and Gyeonggi Province, both belonging to the Democratic Party of Korea, changed the name for the first time, followed by Jeonnam-do, Jeju-do and Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, etc.
On the 3rd, according to the instructions of Jeju Governor Oh Young-hoon, Jeju Island changed the name of the common incense site at the provincial government from “victims of the Itaewon accident” to “victims of the Itaewon disaster”. “.
Governor Oh, a member of the Democratic Party, is also running the internal and external schedules by changing the black ribbon worn on the chest in the direction in which the words ‘commemoration’ are visible.
Jeollanam-do, where Governor Kim Young-rok belongs to the Democratic Party, also replaced the banners installed at the joint incense office in the provincial office on the afternoon of the same day.
A Jeollanam-do official explained: “We changed ‘dead’ to ‘victim’ and ‘accident’ to ‘disaster’ to convey the meaning of condolences and remembrance for those who have suffered a tragic accident.”
The Seoul Office of Education also replaced the banner for the incense burner in front of the Office of Education.
An official from the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said: “There was a request to change the name of the incense place, so we decided after discussions.”
Prior to that, on the 2nd, the name of the incense site in Gwangju City and Gyeonggi-do Province was changed from “Joint Incense Bureau for Itaewon Accident Victims” to “Joint Bureau of Itaewon Incense. incense for the victims of the Itaewon disaster “. ‘and the banner was replaced.
Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jung posted on Facebook, saying, “I followed the guidelines of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security because I feared there would be a controversy against the climate of commemoration at the onset of the disaster.” . I thought I had to do it, “he said.
A Gyeonggi-do official explained: “There was a public opinion that the expression was meant to reduce or evade liability and, in internal discussions, there were many views that ‘disaster victim’ was more correct, so it has been replaced. “
In the official document ‘Cooperation for the installation of a common incense place at regional level related to the Itaewon incident’ sent on the 31st of last month, the Ministry of Interior and Security wrote in the center of the altar ‘Itaewon incidents mortals’ and ordered them to decorate their surroundings with chrysanthemum flowers, etc.
In principle, the installation area was one for each city / province and the location was the office building of the city / province.
Politicians and civil society have raised suspicions that the term “death by accident” is intended to reduce or evade liability.
(Reporter Seung-hyeon Jeon, Sang-won Son, Go Seong-sik, Ko Seong-sik and Min-woo Hyung)
/ yunhap news
