[정치]Passed the fourth supplemental bill … “2 million won for entertainment bars”

The National Assembly held a plenary session a while ago and passed the fourth supplemental bill to respond to the Corona 19 crisis.

The controversial communication fee was paid on behalf of all people by age, and the flu vaccine was released to 1.05 million vulnerable people.

We will connect journalists to learn more details. Reporter Han Yeon-hee!

The fourth supplementary bill was approved. What was the content?

Yes, the 4th supplementary bill was approved in plenary session some time ago.

That’s 7.814.7 billion won, a reduction of 29.6 billion won from the government’s original plan.

The supplemental draft reflects the agreement between the Democratic Party and the National Power House representative this morning.

The most controversial communication fee is not paid to all citizens, but only to those aged 16 to 34 and over 65.

As a result, the budget, which was initially set at 920 billion won, has been reduced by 520 billion won.

Part of the budget cut in this way became the free flu vaccine budget, which was a requirement of the force of the people.

We are expanding free flu shots to 1.05 million vulnerable groups, such as recipients of medical benefits and recipients of disability pensions.

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 cost of care support has also increased.

However, since it is financially difficult to apply for high school students, we decided to expand the application target from elementary school students to high school students.

Also, as it is difficult to see high school students as a caring company, the plan is to pay 150,000 won each on behalf of temporary support for remote 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.

As the ruling and opposition parties quickly passed the supplemental bill in consideration of the urgent situation, the government plans to accelerate its implementation so that pre-Chuseok support is possible to the greatest extent possible.

Is there a controversy over the inclusion of an entertainment bar that was previously omitted from the application’s target by opposition parties?

Yes, it is noted that support for entertainment bars is far from public sentiment.

After women’s organizations argued that it is a hotbed of corrupt entertainment and sex discrimination and sexual exploitation, critical voices also emerged within the Democratic Party after insisting on withdrawing the decision to support entertainment bars.

Democratic Party representative Kwon In-sook, a former activist, insisted that the salon in the big city, which was active after 6 million people visited it for at least three months, should be withdrawn from support.

In response to these criticisms, Rep. Park Hong-geun, secretary of the Democratic Party Preliminary Committee, said that the partition between companies collapsed on the scene, making it difficult to distinguish between companies that call helpers and companies that don’t.

He explained that he was evaluating whether everyone cooperated with the quarantine so as not to harm the community in a situation where they were beaten by the crown.

Also, it wasn’t to promote the entertainment industry,

He added that there are concerns that the request for quarantine cooperation may become difficult when there is another difficult situation without support.

Even with this explanation, the controversy over the target audience will likely continue.

I am YTN Han Yeon-hee in the National Assembly.