Four legislators who ran the 21st National Assembly’s policy development spending for the Sewol ferry



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The Sewol ferry families sat on the floor in front of the National Assembly again from the 3rd. They argued that on the 10th they will pass an amendment to the law to expand the social disaster investigation committee (social tragedy committee), which is about to end its activities, and a resolution requesting the release of the presidential records for the investigation of the Sewol ferry.

From the perspective of the Sewol Ferry related organizations, after the 19th and 20th National Assembly, the 21st National Assembly is also regrettable. In the 21st National Assembly, with the exception of a small number of lawmakers like Park Joo-min and Democratic Party lawmakers, legislative and policy development expenditures related to the Sewol ferry were not executed.

Media Today asked the Ministry of State and Company to release information to obtain and analyze the details of the legislative and policy development spending executions of the legislators’ office for approximately five months from the end of May to the end of October, when it began the XXI National Assembly. Policy development expenditures related to the Sewol ferry were executed four times.

▲ On the 3rd, in front of the main office of the National Assembly, the 4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Family Council is pushing for the enactment of the 'Special Law on Social Disasters to Investigate the Truth of the Sewol Ferry'.  Photo = Voice of the people
▲ On the 3rd, in front of the main office of the National Assembly, the 4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Family Council is pushing for the enactment of the ‘Special Law on Social Disasters to Investigate the Truth of the Sewol Ferry’. Photo = Voice of the people

Democratic Party legislator Park Joo-min paid around 380,000 won to conduct a ‘diagnostic and directional discussion on the truth-seeking activity of the Sewol ferry disaster’ on June 4 and June 7. September ‘Sewol Ferry Black Box CCTV Image Data I spent 150,000 won holding a meeting to understand the status of the collection and handling process.

On the 2nd of last month, Representative Park representatively proposed the ‘Partial Amendment of the Special Law to Investigate the Truth of Social Disasters and Build a Safe Society’, which extended the period of activities of the Social Council and suspended the statute of public notice during the investigation period.

Democratic Party lawmaker Ko Young-in executed around 390,000 won on June 9 on behalf of the ‘Sewol Ferry Disaster Recovery Project Evaluation Meeting’.

On the 10th of last month, the late Congressman Danwon Gugap, Gyeonggi province, where there were many victims of the Sewol ferry, proposed a resolution that allows access to the entire presidential record related to the Sewol ferry disaster.

On September 18 and 25, members of the ruling Go Young-in party, Kim Nam-guk, Park Ju-min, and Lee Tan-hee held a discussion meeting on the National Assembly resolution to disclose presidential records related to the Sewol Ferry Disaster, and a discussion meeting to prepare a plan to amend the Sewol Ferry Special Law and run every 400,000 won. . Representative Lee proposed a partial amendment to the Social Disaster Violation Act in September, and it is content to extend the statute of limitations in criminal prosecution for related persons from the previous 7 years to 10 years.

The amendment to the law proposed by Congressman Park can only be approved with the will of the ruling party that held the majority, but access to the presidential files requires that more than two-thirds of legislators agree, which is why the cooperation of the opposition party.

▲ Paengmok Port in Jindo, Jeollanam-do.  Photo = Reporter Seulgi Jang
▲ Paengmok Port in Jindo, Jeollanam-do. Photo = Reporter Seulgi Jang

Over the weekend, some members of the Democratic Party, including Congressman Park, visited the families from the Sewol ferry. In this regard, some point out that it is irresponsible for the Democratic Party to find agricultural growth since the activities of the social council have expired. There are many bills that the ruling party has tackled alone, and it appears that the uncooperative state of the opposition party is blamed for the bills related to the Sewol ferry.

In particular, the spokesman for the Open Democratic Party, Kim Seong-hoi, pointed out on the 6th that the bill, which was promoted by the petition of the National Assembly with 100,000 signatures, was decided only by the Political Affairs Committee and not there was a review report. The disaster consolation bill was not even on the agenda for discussion. It is a situation that may have doubts as to whether the Democratic Party is willing to investigate the truth of the Sewol ferry.

On the other hand, with the Sewol ferry, there was no legislator who executed the development costs of legislation and policy related to humidifying disinfectants, which are handled by the Social Truth Disaster Investigation Committee.

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