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Two weeks after the parliamentary audit, a large number of businessmen have been adopted as audit witnesses.
In particular, 13 of the 21 witnesses adopted by the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, Food, Marine and Fisheries of the National Assembly, 62% or 13, were executives of large corporations.
The adoption of these witnesses is known to have been led by lawmakers Jeong Uncheon and Jeong Jeom-sik, who said, “I will hold you accountable for the poor contributions from the Rural Community Cooperation Fund.”
Rural Community Cooperation Fund.
It was introduced in 2017 to help companies benefiting from the Free Trade Agreement and NAFTA in relatively difficult farming and fishing villages, but the target of raising KRW 1 trillion in 10 years was noted as insufficient due to a contribution of insufficient funds.
In a call with the media, Representative Jung Un-cheon said, “I want to make an effort for mutual prosperity as rural and fishing villages are dying,” and said, “If you are aware of public opinion, you will not be able to work, so I’ll accept criticism. “
However, the business community is vigorously protesting, saying: “In a situation where management difficulties are severe due to the Corona 19 crisis, it is like a ‘quasi-tax’ to call the government as a witness and force contributions to the government. anti-force background “.
Calling a group of entrepreneurs is a problem that is repeated every year.
Concerned about the dissemination of Corona 19, the Secretariat of the National Assembly recommended minimizing the request for witnesses, but the Political Affairs Commission of the National Assembly, 8 members of the Commission for Communication and Dissemination of Scientific and Technological Information and the Labor Commission Environmental also adopted 7 businessmen as witnesses and references.
Representative Kim Byung-wook, secretary of the Democratic Party Political Affairs Committee, said: “Let’s get an idea of the government” and said, “Let’s not call commercial witnesses.”
The businessmen pointed out that “every year, when it becomes a national government, it is common for legislators to call businessmen competitively and not ask a question.”
In this year’s national audit, not only entrepreneurs, but also Pengsoo, Dubon Korea CEO Baek Jong-won, and Captain Lee Geun, famous for the YouTube broadcast ‘Fake Man’, were also adopted as witnesses and references.
Shouldn’t we think if it is to control and monitor the government or to get the attention of legislators?
[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]