Defying the public demand for an apology to the people, Park held a "cabinet meeting" at which she staged the hypocritical farce of making an apology, the commentary said, and went on:

The "president" and Chongwadae obliged to take responsibility for the lives and safety of people are shunning the operation to rescue those missing, while being keen to evade the responsibility for the sinking.

Park should stop making a sham apology but should properly know what the responsibility of Chongwadae is and what the bereaved families wish, it held.

They should take measures of prioritizing the safety of the people, far from trumpeting about "reform" and "disaster control center" regarding the sinking case.