[뒷북경제] Gadeokdo new airport and’group job abandonment’

In addition, the Democratic Party and the People’s Power The Gadeokdo New Airport Special Act, initiated by members of the National Assembly in November last year, passed the plenary session of the National Assembly after three months. There must be some readers who are wondering’what the hell is this about’ because so much news has been pouring out over this event. Honestly, those who are not very interested in this work might think about how special Gadeokdo New Airport is, and build an airport with a’special law’. But, in fact, the essence of this situation is contained in the very word’special law’. Special laws are often criticized as’superiority’ because they target people, actions, or regions, unlike general laws that are broadly applicable, such as’all people’. “The explosion of special laws… can lead to violations of the principle of system justification, so special maintenance of special laws is needed.” These words came from a seminar held in July 2019, when the National Assembly, not elsewhere, celebrated its 100th anniversary. I think you’ve got a rough feeling now. The Gadeokdo New Airport Special Act, which is no more or less, stating that’even if we face all opposition to Busan’s Gadeokdo Island, we will build a new airport in the Yeongnam area’ is an act of surpassing and an offense by members of the National Assembly created for the by-election of Busan Mayor of April 7th.

Even if a special law is made, it is the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport that is responsible for building the actual airport. No matter how much the National Assembly is a hall of public opinion, there is no’law’ that the government requires everyone to follow that the National Assembly decides. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport fell into deep agony after the verification result of the verification committee under the Prime Minister’s Office in November of last year, saying,’Gimhae New Airport needs a full review’. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has adhered to the original plan of the Gimhae New Airport, but that does not mean that it cannot ignore the results of the verification committee consisting of private sector ministries of the Republic of Korea or the discussions of the National Assembly. Summarizing what has happened so far, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport began work to include the construction plan of Gadeokdo new airport in the next comprehensive airport development plan. Seems to be. However, we have taken a strong attitude that problems must be’definitely’ supplemented, otherwise big things can happen. This is the background of the tumultuous’Gadeok-do’s new opposition report’ incident last week.

The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs points out several issues in a report submitted to the National Assembly’s Land, Transport and Transportation Commission earlier this month. The first is’the risk of aviation accidents.’ When a new airport on Gadeokdo Island is constructed, the airspace and Jinhae Airfield, which is a nearby military airfield, overlap, and if the airspace is not adjusted, it is difficult to establish a procedure for launching an airplane from Gadeokdo Island. Earlier, in November of last year, the Prime Minister’s Office of the Gimhae New Airport Verification Committee concluded that the’Gimhae New Airport full review’ was presented and the main ground suggested was that’safety is not guaranteed’. Is revealed.

In addition Since Gadeokdo Island is located in the open sea, there is a concern that difficult construction, large-scale reclamation, and’unequal settlement’ may occur during the construction of the airport.Has also been raised. In a report from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, “the runway is exposed to the open sea more than once, and there is a very high possibility of unequal settlement.”(The construction of an airport in such a location) is unprecedented in the world.I emphasized. In addition, they pointed out that as large-scale marine reclamation is inevitable, the marine ecology in nearby areas will also damage the first-class area.

Above all, I thought that there was a possibility that the project cost would soar to the ‘Cheon-jeong-ji’. If the Gadeokdo new airport is absorbed into the Gimhae new airport and nearby military flight facilities, the necessary budget will rapidly increase to 28.600 trillion won. It is said that the estimated 7.5 trillion won by the city of Busan is not even round. Of course, the city of Busan refutes that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has overestimated the project cost.

In particular, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has attached the results of a legal review received through a law firm last month to the report. The review result stated that’If the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has actively promoted the original Gimhae New Airport and makes a statement in favor of the Gadeokdo New Airport Special Act, which has legal problems, there is a risk that it will be judged to have neglected his duties. There is. Recognizing that there is a procedural problem with the promotion of Gadeokdo New Airport and not opposing the Special Law of Gadeokdo New Airport, it is the’deprivation of duties’ of public officials.It is. In addition, the Wolseong nuclear power plant audit and investigation pointed out that the lack of justifiable grounds for the early shutdown of nuclear power plants (lack of economic feasibility or manipulation) was considered as an important issue.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, as well as the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Ministry of Justice, also expressed negative opinions on the Gadeokdo Special Law, which is being deliberated by the National Assembly. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has to go through a preliminary feasibility review of Gadeokdo New Airport and then verify it with Yesta (Ministry of Finance), and the Gadeokdo Special Act may violate due process and equality principles (Ministry of Justice). It is interpreted that the public service society has suffered a kind of resentment as it faced issues such as the early closure of Wolseong nuclear power plant unit 1, which led to the prosecution’s investigation, and the payment of disaster subsidies for the fourth time despite the opposition from the ministries. Even within the political circles, especially in the ruling party, there was a voice saying,’Gadeokdo special law is an unreasonable law.’ Democratic Party member Cho Eung-cheon, a member of the National Assembly’s National Land Transport Commission, said in a closed meeting of the Standing Committee on the Gadeokdo Special Law, “Before the implementation design comes out, we will do the construction first? He even made a’remark’ saying, “I don’t do that even when I’m trying to improve the rivers in my neighborhood.

In this atmosphere, something might have turned upside down. But what really changed? The situation remains the same. On the 25th, when President Moon Jae-in was criticized for being criticized for’violation of election neutrality obligations,’ the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Byun Chang-heum said, “We regret that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport seemed to oppose the new airport of Gadeokdo Island.” No matter how much I think about it, there is no other way to express it except for’lower the tail’. It is even questionable whether the report from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport was for’cotton skin’. Members of the National Assembly, who laughed at themselves for being a “promotional bill,” eventually voted in favor of the Gadeokdo New Airport Special Law at the main assembly hall of the National Assembly on the 26th. Out of 229 lawmakers Jae-suk, 181 showed overwhelming support for the Special Law of Gadukdo New Airport. The law firm pointed out that’if a public official does not object to the law in question, the job is abandoned.’ It’s not just public servants who work in the country. So, shouldn’t all of the Democrats who pushed the problematic bill, the leadership of the people’s power and members of the National Assembly, and President Moon, who found Gadeokdo before the problematic bill even passed the National Assembly, should become “abandonment of group duties”? Justice Party lawmaker Shim Sang-jeong said in a debate against the bill at the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 26th.

“As for why Gadeokdo, we must give an answer that the people will understand, not that the first and second parties collide. The Gadeokdo Special Law will be recorded as a’legislative Nongdan’ as well as a bill that will put the debate over the past 18 years into a shredder and’clear out’ the location selection.”

/ Reporter Yang-jun Cho [email protected]

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