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Justice Party lawmaker Jang Hye-young attended the general meeting of the Judicial Legislative Committee held in the National Assembly in September last year and explained the proposed anti-discrimination law. Reporter Oh Dae-geun
The sexual harassment of former Justice Party chairman Kim Jong-cheol could have ended in another “case of political sexual violence.” From the victim’s response to the response from the perpetrators and the victim’s organization, and the response from politicians, this time was quite different.
The driving force behind the difficult move was the “new women politicians.” ‘First elections for women’ and ‘political rookies for women’ against the established political power, which is summarized in ‘average age of parliamentarians of 55 years and 87% of men’, began to rewrite the history of the confrontation with sexual violence.
“You are hurt too” and stand completely on the victim’s side.
Victim Jang Hye-young, legislator of the Justice Party, and Bae Bok-ju, vice president of the Justice Party and head of the Gender Human Rights Headquarters. The two broke the politician’s ‘wrong formula’ to deal with the incident of sexual violence. I didn’t hear a whisper like ‘because the perpetrator is on our side, because the force is strong, because the organization will move away, because only the victim is hurt.’
Representative Jang, a first-time senior in his 30s, threw stones at the practice of forcing the “victim.” He accused the party of sexual violence suffered by the party representative, and revealed that he was a victim even in the devastation of the environment. With his courage, it was clearly demonstrated that “anyone can become a victim and perpetrator.” Many victims of sexual violence have gained strength.
Vice President Bae, a human rights activist who has supported victims of sexual violence for 22 years, fully subscribed to ‘victim-centeredism’. To block the possibility of secondary harm, the party leadership conducted a closed investigation for a week without even knowing it, and hit a wall with nonessential questions from the media, such as what the specific sexual harassment was. His goal was only “to cover the daily life of the victim and stop the sexual violence.”
Political women who demonstrated ‘the power of solidarity’. Graphic = Reporter Kim Dae-hoon
It was not silent … it was solidarity and reflection first
Regarding the case of former CEO Kim, the Democratic Party made a comment about “Shock and Awe” (Chairman of President In-ho Choi). The case of power-type sexual violence in which Hee-jung Ahn, Geo-don Oh and Won-soon Park appeared as perpetrators seemed to have forgotten. Democratic Party lawmaker Kwon In-sook wrote on Facebook: “It’s so embarrassing and terrible.” Proportional Representative Choesun rebuked the party leadership. As a victim of the ‘Bucheonseo Sexual Torture Case’ and scholar, her voice was delivered with precision.
Park Seong-min, a college student and the youngest member of the Democratic Party, also apologized for the Democratic Party’s successive case of sexual violence, saying: “I sincerely apologize to the victims who were injured by the second abuse and the response Inappropriate Democratic Party. . His anger led to Lee Nak-yeon’s first apology for hosting, saying, “I deeply apologize to the victims of the Park Won-soon incident.”
The representative of the Justice Party, Ryu Ho-jeong, was not overwhelmed by emotions as a colleague of Representative Jang Hye-young. Regarding the Democratic Party comment, he said, “I have a lot to say, but I will never say it,” but “I will definitely get advice from the Democrats.” It was an expression of the cold will to first repent for our faults.
Park Seong-min, along with the top member of the Democratic Party, attends the Supreme Committee meeting held in the National Assembly on the 27th. Reporter Oh Dae-geun
That is why the National Assembly has to change for a time.
It is no accident that political women can be brave. This is the result of slow but solid efforts to change the diversity and solidarity policy, such as the allocation of 50% of the proportional representative candidates for the National Assembly, awarding additional points for women nominated for members of the district constituency and the woman appointment of party leadership. The fact that the legislators of the XXI National Assembly were 57 (29 regional districts and 28 proportional representatives), which is the ‘most number’, gave rise to their courageous actions.
Now what this voice is blowing up underscores the need for more disruptive innovation in the political sphere to uphold human rights, equality and diversity. It is the new politics that changes politics, and it is the new politicians who can best do the new politics. It is also significant that the brave policies do not belong to the so-called “mainstream famous people” who have been hired, such as lawyers, teachers, doctors and businessmen.
Seohee Lee reporter [email protected]
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