Firefighters' Union: "It wasn't an insult, but a critique of the financial structure"

The Future Firefighters Alliance Labor Union (Miso-yeon), composed exclusively of firefighting officials, released a statement on the 16th, stating, "While the term 'straw' itself was an inappropriate expression to use when explaining the firefighting budget, the intent of the remark is clear when viewing the full video of the questions and answers from the Gyeonggi Provincial Audit. It was pointing out the financial structure where local governments bear a significant portion of personnel and project costs, even though firefighters have transitioned to national civil servants."
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Park Chan-dae, Chairman of the Association of Governors, noted on the 19th, "Even after the transition of firefighters to national status in 2020, the issues regarding financial responsibility remain with the local governments." Chairman Park emphasized, "The state-led initiative recruited approximately 20,000 field rescue personnel, but while the state provides about 500 billion won, local governments are bearing an additional 760 billion won. (Due to the burden of personnel costs) essential project budgets, such as replacing aging fire trucks, are also decreasing every year."
I thought that if Lee Jae-myung became president, all these irrationalities would be improved.