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| ▲ The families of the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster are holding a press conference behind the bus of truth 4.16. | |
| Ⓒ Kim Jong-hoon |
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“It happened right after the ‘Sewol Ferry Disaster Memorial Cultural Festival’ held in the town hall last Saturday (October 31). It was really difficult, but I think the children helped once again in heaven. Dear citizens who participated in the legislative petition of the National Assembly. I would like to express my deepest thanks. “
Before the press conference held in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 2nd, Jang-hoon, father of the late Jang Joon-hyung, a victim of the Sewol ferry, <오마이뉴스>This is what I said.
Two petitions related to the Sewol ferry that exceeded 100,000
In other words, the petition, which began on October 6, did not receive more support than expected. In fact, even before the week before the end of the public consent request, it was only half the target. There was also a prediction, ‘If I go like this, it will be difficult to support me.’
However, as President Jang said, two petitions, such as the revision of the ‘Special Law for Investigating the Truth of Social Disasters and Building a Safe Society’ and a resolution to release the records of former President Park Geun-hye, they ended the day the Sewol Ferry Disaster Memorial Festival was held on October 31.
The petition for revision of the special law was completed while the Sewol Ferry Disaster Memorial Cultural Festival was underway. The resolution petition to release the records of former President Park Geun-hye received 100,000 supports just after the memory culture festival ended. At the memory culture festival held online at the Seoul City Hall Multipurpose Hall, singer Lee Seung-hwan, Jang Pil-soon, Korean classical musician Park Ae-ri, and Pop choreographer Pip Hyun-jun appeared on stage and asked for his participation in Kookmin-dong’s petition.
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| ▲ The families and citizens of the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster held a press conference in front of the Yeouido National Assembly in Seoul on the 2nd to report a petition for amendment of the special law for the investigation of the facts of the social disaster and building a safe society; and a resolution petition to release the records of former President Park Geun-hye. | |
| Ⓒ Kim Jong-hoon |
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President Jang said, “The request from the National Assembly was actually several times more difficult than the request from the Blue House.” “But once again I felt that the hearts of the people were no different than those of our Sewol family members. The truth of the Sewol ferry disaster at the 21st National Assembly” He stressed that he gave a strict order to actively take the initiative in identification “.
Earlier, the families of the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster took the ‘4.16 Truth Bus’ to legislate two petitions, and for 21 days and 20 nights from October 6, 27 cities across the country, including Incheon, Chungcheong, Jeolla, Jeju, Gyeongnam, Gyeongbuk, and Gangwon. I met citizens in person while walking. The family said: ‘Moon Jae-in’s government promise! He recorded the message: ‘Understand the truth without sanctuary until the 7th anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster!
Petition ‘Park Geun-hye 7 hours’ supported, but needs 2/3 approved
The amendment to the special law and the resolution petition to disclose the records of former President Park Geun-hye were referred to the executive committee, the administrative and security committee, the political affairs committee and the legal judicial committee, respectively, the Day 2.
The request for extension of the investigative authority of the Chief Justice requires an amendment to the special law based on the extension of the period of activity, the suspension of the statute of limitations for crimes related to the Sewol ferry disaster, the extension of the personnel for the investigation of the President of the Supreme Court and the granting of investigation rights. On the other hand, another petition requests the disclosure of all presidential records related to follow-up measures, such as the occurrence, structure and investigation of the events of the Sewol ferry disaster from April 16, 2014 until the impeachment of the former President Park. .
Of course, both petitions are important from the perspective of the families of the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster, but the petition surrounding the file on former President Park, called ‘7 Hours of Park Geun-hye’, is a bit more complicated and complicated.
Immediately after the disaster, citizens asked the Blue House to release documents, but the Blue House did not accept it. In the immediate aftermath of the Constitutional Court’s decision to impeach former President Park in 2017, Acting Representative Hwang Gyo-an designated the relevant records as presidential records and transferred them to the National Archives. Records designated by the president can be kept private for up to 15 years (30 years of private life documents).
The National Archives of Records said that, according to article 17 of the Presidential Archives Law, no documents or lists of documents could be released. The relevant provisions stipulate that when a serious risk to national security or the stabilization of the national economy may be affected, a person’s life, body, property and reputation can be designated as presidential records and disclosed abroad. Exceptionally, the relevant law stipulates that “if more than two-thirds of the members of the National Assembly are approved, they are allowed to read, make copies and present data within the minimum range during the period of protection.”
President Jang Hoon said: “It was a request, but the situation where documents can be confirmed only after two-thirds of the members of the National Assembly have been approved,” he said. “There are no opposition parties, no advancements or conservatives in the face of the investigation into the truth of the Sewol ferry disaster. In cooperation with this, the National Assembly should complete the investigation of the truth of the Sewol ferry disaster.”
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| ▲ The families and citizens of the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster held a press conference in front of the Yeouido National Assembly in Seoul on the 2nd to report a petition for amendment of the special law for the investigation of the facts of the social disaster and building a safe society; and a resolution petition to release the records of former President Park Geun-hye. | |
| Ⓒ Kim Jong-hoon |
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In early June 2017, Minbyun’s lawyer Song Gi-ho filed a lawsuit against the Presidential Archives and Acting President Hwang, saying: “It is unfair for Acting President Hwang Gyo-an to seal the 7-hour Sewol ferry document. during the time of Park’s presidency, as president-designated records. ” High.
The first trial court found that the documents related to the Sewol ferry were not subject to the Presidential Records, but the appeal judgment in February last year overturned the first trial and ruled that it should be protected as a Presidential Record. This case is currently being examined by the Supreme Court for more than a year.
Meanwhile, at this day’s press conference, Christian groups who held single relief prayers in front of the Blue House from the 6th to support the petition were also united.
The Rev. Lim Wang-seong, head of the Korean Biblical Social Mission Office, who spoke as a representative of a Christian organization, said: “We have a deep question about why the government and the National Assembly have changed, and why still We have not gone a step further on this issue. They still ask if it is the Sewol or is it still like that, but that is not a question for the family. The responsibility to discover the truth is not the family’s, but the Blue House and National Assembly ”, he emphasized.
Christian organizations, including Pastor Lim, plan to hold a protest in front of the Blue House until the 5th.
