Lee Dong-joo’s Mental Suspension Method Announced Today “If the business stops, the rent must stop too.” Tenants don’t pay rent and landlords defer interest payments The self-employed who will benefit from this law, President Wen’s fraud assessment is the highest
“If the business is restricted or banned according to government quarantine guidelines, it sounds very painful to ask whether it is fair to bear the burden of rent and the sharp drop in sales.” “Small business owners and the self-employed are hanging at the end of a cliff. After the coronavirus, revenues have plummeted, but the rent remains the same.”
The last day 10, Namdaemun Market in Seoul. / yunhap news
These are comments from a meeting of the head and advisers of the Blue House on the 14th and a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Democratic Party, respectively. Amidst warning lights lit as President Moon’s approval rating fell due to the third coronavirus pandemic, the Democratic Party announced its intention to focus on “ bang, civil and police (quarantine, stability, economic recovery). ” . In the midst of this, both President Moon and President Lee brought up the problem of renting freelancers on this day. Consequently, it is analyzed that the party and the government in crisis due to the third coronavirus pandemic can opt for the so-called ‘mental stop method’ for the self-employed who are undergoing the step of social distancing as a phase change card.
Lee Dong-joo Democratic Party<사진> This is an amendment to the ‘Commercial Building Leasing Protection Law’ (hereinafter the ‘Shopping Center Leasing Law’) initiated by a legislator that day. In article 11 of this Law (right to request an increase or decrease in rent, etc.), it is proposed to establish a new ‘special case of rent for damages due to infectious diseases’. If the workplace is subject to a group ban due to increased social distancing, the tenant cannot receive the rent during that period, and in the case of the ‘group restriction measure’, the rent must be paid less From the half. In this case, the landlord who receives the rent may suffer damages, and the content that allows finance companies to defer payment of mortgage interest was included.
At a press conference on the day of the National Assembly communications office, Congressman Lee said, “If business stops, rent must stop too.” He continued: “Through this, we will have the opportunity to protect people’s lives.”
In September, the National Assembly passed an amendment to the Commercial Leasing Law, allowing small business owners and the self-employed who suffered damage from the coronavirus to request landlords to reduce their rent. In this regard, Congressman Lee said that “it is difficult to expect a practical effect in the field of public welfare” and “more special measures are needed.”
Congressman Lee said, “The lease defined in Civil Law is a contract to obtain ‘profit (profit)’ using a shopping center and a contract for a stamp.” We have to stop it ”, he insisted.
President Moon Jae-in chairs a meeting of chiefs and advisers at the Blue House on the 14th / yunhap news
President Moon commented on the same day as if sympathetic to the purpose of the bill, saying, “I am prohibited from doing business, but do I have to pay the rent?” Some observers say it has empowered the bill. In the Gallup Korea poll released on the 11th, the response that President Moon is doing his job “ incorrectly ” is a situation where complaints are widespread, with the self-employed being the highest at 62% among various occupational groups. In the same poll, 82% of the self-employed responded that “revenue has decreased since the spread of the crown” (for details, see the Gallup Korea website or the Central Election Poll Deliberation Committee).
Representative Lee, who initiated the bill, is a former vice president of the Korean Federation of Small and Medium-sized Business Owners (Chongryon Han), which was launched in 2018. In Tae-yeon, the first president, is currently the self-employed secretary. of the Blue House. In the past, Congressman Lee ran a chicken restaurant in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon.
