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On the 21st, opposition legislators from the National Assembly’s Special Committee on Budget and Liquidation fought a tug of war over the fourth additional budget bill. The grief over whether 20,000 won was paid for the entire national communication fee continued late into the night. For this project, which represents around 12% (9.2 billion won) of the fourth supplemental budget of 7.8 trillion won, the government and the ruling party adhered to the ‘20,000 won payment’, while the opposition party argued they “should be used to support the vulnerable.” It could not be easily reduced.
The subcommittee for the additional review of the Preliminary Committee of the National Assembly began the fourth review of the additional reduction from the morning. The Ministry of Science, ICT and ICT, which is responsible for the communication cost support project, explained that “80,000 won is provided for a family of four, increasing the household’s disposable income.” “It is also useful for revitalizing the economy, such as offline activities and online shopping.” In March this year, it was also mentioned that the use of household data increased by more than 50% over the previous year as a necessity to support communication expenses.
The opposition party was faced with weighing whether the increase in data use is due to Corona 19 and whether the communication cost burden of royal households has increased. People’s Strength Representative Cho Hae-jin said, “It is true that non-face activities have increased at home, but I have not seen anyone say that this has resulted in an increase in communication costs.” .
The government and the ruling party emphasized that the 20,000 won in support for communication expenses is virtually “personalized in character.” Representative Park Hong-geun, Secretary of the Democratic Party, said: “After the reproliferation of Corona 19, the burden of rent, child support and communication costs actually increased due to non-face-to-face activities.” “It was customized in consideration of (higher maintenance costs).” On the other hand, Congressman Chung Chan-min said, “There are many people who do not have the price of ramen or rice, but there are tens of thousands of won, but replacing it with communication expenses does not meet the goal.”
In response to the opposition’s call to expand the ‘free flu vaccine’, the ruling party clarified its opposition, saying: “The Corona 19 vaccine is more urgent.” Representative Park said, “Countries around the world will encounter the Corona 19 vaccine. It is more important to secure a COVID-19 vaccine budget than a free flu vaccine.” However, the opposition parties agreed to expand the plan to provide 1 million won to private taxi drivers to corporate taxi workers.
The Democratic Party plans to finish preparing the budget report of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance on the morning of the 22nd, and go through a general meeting of the Preliminary Commission to submit the 4th supplementary bill to the plenary session. The leader of the Democratic Party, Kim Tae-nyeon, said in the morning at the meeting of the Supreme Council: “Please, the opposition party be with you so that the fourth supplementary administration is handed over to the people before Chuseok.” On the other hand, Ho-young Joo, director of the People’s Power, said: “If you do not insist that the president and CEO (Lee Nak-yeon) said, you can handle it normally.”
Reporter Yang Min-cheol [email protected]
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