[ad_1]
The National Assembly is holding a plenary session tonight and is handling the fourth supplemental bill to respond to Crown 19.
The controversial communication fee will be paid on behalf of all people by age, and the free flu vaccine will be expanded to 1.05 million vulnerable groups.
We will connect journalists to learn more details. Reporter Han Yeon-hee!
Will the fourth supplementary bill be approved today?
[기자]Yes, the plenary session to process the 4th supplementary bill is scheduled for 10 pm tonight.
A short time ago the budget statement of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance was completed, and it will be presented to the Plenary after passing the preliminary commission.
The power of the Democratic Party and the people agreed to support only those aged 16 to 34 and over 65, rather than paying the more controversial communication costs for the entire public.
As a result, the budget, which was initially set at 920 billion won, has been reduced by 520 billion won.
By returning part of the cut budget to the free flu vaccination budget, which was a demand from the force of the people, we decided to expand free flu vaccination to 1.05 million vulnerable groups, including recipients of medical benefits. and disabled pension beneficiaries.
In addition, as ensuring the corona vaccine is also an important situation, the 184 billion won budget would go towards ensuring the amount of corona vaccine for 10.37 million people, which is 20% of the total population.
The ruling and opposition parties agreed to accept some of the plans to increase the cost of assistance that the force of the people demanded.
The application for high school students is not financially reasonable, so we decided to expand the application goals from elementary school students to high school students.
However, as it is difficult to view high school students as a care business, the plan is to pay 150,000 won each on behalf of a temporary support fund to support non-classroom learning.
In addition, we decided to provide 1 million won to corporate taxi drivers who were not eligible for the second grant.
Among the banned businesses, the entertainment bar and Collatec, who weren’t eligible for support, also decided to provide 2 million won of new hope for small businesses.
The ruling and opposition parties were not there to encourage the entertainment industry, but because they were actually closed and fully cooperated with the quarantine, so in the absence of support, a request for quarantine cooperation is required when another emerges. difficult situation. I explained that there is a concern that it might be difficult.
Despite the long-awaited agreement between the opposition parties, some point out that it is far from public sentiment about supporting 2 million won for entertainment bars.
Once the ruling and opposition parties quickly pass the supplemental bill, the government will speed up implementation so that support is available before Chuseok as much as possible.
[앵커]Was the communication fee, which was talkative, finally decided as a selective payment?
[기자]Yes, the most objectionable part of the opposition party’s government proposal in the first place was the issue of payment of communication expenses for all the people.
When Democratic Party CEO Nak-yeon Lee met with President Moon Jae-in, the issue of support for communication spending to support by age group was raised and has since expanded to offer support to the entire population.
In addition to criticizing whether the second subsidy is not consistent with the policy of prioritizing urgent people, opposition parties such as the Popular Power and the Justice Party have also criticized the need for support for communications expenses.
However, as it was a problem that even the party representative and the president mentioned, it was not easy to back down as a Democrat.
Representative Gyeong-ho Chu, secretary of the People’s Force Preliminary Committee, which led the negotiations, also mentioned that the biggest problem was the support of 20,000 won for the mobile communications charges.
Representative Park Hong-geun, secretary of the Democratic Party Preliminary Committee, said it was not easy for the ruling party to accept the reduction in communication costs, but the additional budget to be paid before Chuseok is urgent, and given that the Opposition party maintains a hard-line position, there is a risk of difficulties in the field if further administration is delayed. I explained that I had to reduce the amount.
Once the ruling party took a step back in paying the public for communication expenses, more than 500 billion won were cut and other projects could be entered, but criticism continues that the Democratic Party insisted on insisting until the end on the communication expenses mentioned by the party representative and the president.
I am YTN Han Yeon-hee in the National Assembly.
