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In a plenary session held in the National Assembly on the 26th, Yoon Ho-jung (center), president of the Legislative Court of Justice, talks with Paik Hye-ryeon (left), secretary of the Democratic Party, and Kim Doeup, secretary of the people’s force, on whether to face the revision of the medical law. News 1
On the 26th, the amendment to the medical law that canceled the licenses of doctors sentenced to prison or higher for violent crimes for up to five years was canceled. It did not exceed the threshold of the Judicial Legislative Committee of the National Assembly. At the meeting that day, legislators from opposition parties held back on reasons such as the “principle of prohibiting excess,” and legislators from the ruling party also took a step back and the bill was delayed. It has also been criticized that the political power has been rejected by the reaction of the Korean Medical Association, which strongly opposed the processing of the bill, even referring to the “general strike”.
Initially, the medical law amendment was expected to be handled by the judicial committee that day and then in plenary session. This is because on the 19th, the opposition party did not actively oppose the corresponding standing committee, the Health and Welfare Committee, through an agreement between the opposition parties. However, the atmosphere of the discussion in the judicial committee on this day was somewhat different. In particular, opposition from opposition legislators was strong. Representative Jang Je-won said, “For crimes such as murder, robbery and sex crimes, the license should be revoked, but it is against the least invasive to revoke the license due to crimes that are not related to duty, such as libel and car accidents traffic. “.
Representative Yoon Han-hong, from the same party, also said, “The previous law was revised to the current law in 2000 because there was a problem,” and asked, “We go back to the previous law, but medical professionals suddenly increase their crimes? “Since 1973, medical law has revoked your license when you are sentenced to prison or more, regardless of the crime. However, when the government revised the medical law in 2000, the scope of crimes subject to license cancellation was narrowed to “work-related crimes under criminal law, such as false diagnoses and health-related crimes.”
However, members of the Democratic Party, including Representative Kim Yong-min, argued the need to grapple with the bill, saying, “Doctors are professions that deal with human bodies and life, and they must possess no only high-level professional skills, but also ethics and morals. ” When opposition parties were unable to bridge the gap, Democratic Party lawmaker Yoon Ho-jung, chairman of the Legislative Justice Committee, said: “The next committee decided to deal with it” and officially canceled the interim parliamentary process.
The apparent reason for the unsuccessful treatment of the medical law amendment on this day is the difference of opinion between the opposition parties. However, in the political world, it was said that the opposition party was aware of the reaction of the medical community in the phase of infection by the new coronavirus (Corona 19). Immediately after the Welfare Committee processed the amendment to the current medical law, Kim Jong-in, head of the Emergency Response Committee for the People’s Fortress, said: “I don’t understand why (the Democratic Party is trying to deal with with) a law that touches the plantation of a doctor at a time when the doctor’s cooperation is absolutely necessary. ” Even towards the slowdown of the ruling party, which was able to boost the process, there was a talk that said, “Are you aware of the 4-7 by-elections?” A member of the Democratic Party said: “It seems that preferential treatment for the profession remains (still in politics).”
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