[사설]Is it the National Assembly’s privilege to bet on’development’ and’regulation’ bombing

Messages from the government and the ruling party to businesses are almost always full of praise and encouragement. Every time President Moon Jae-in visits an industrial site, he praised the hard work of the executives and employees, saying, “A company is the hope”. After that, Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki and Minister of Strategy and Finance said at the new year’s meeting of the economy, “A company that is the key to achieving the government’s commitment to economic recovery.” It’s a good example. Lee Nak-yeon, head of the Democratic Party, said in his New Year’s speech, “I will help companies and make a new leap in the economy.

However, if you look at the process of processing such as the Severe Accident Business Penalty Act and the Life Logistics Service Industry Development Act (Bio Act) on the 8th, this message is only contemptible. Although words may seem to cheer and encourage, in reality, they pushed the regulatory bill that imprisoned companies and hindered the growth and innovation of new industries, with a craziness. It is the epitome of “separate words and actions”

The Severe Accident Act was full of toxins, including controversy over the constitution and imprisonment of management for accidents at industrial sites. The Biological Act only recognizes trucks and motorcycles as means of delivery for parcel delivery, so new industries using bicycles, passenger cars, and kickboards become inescapable of illegal stigma.

Another thing to point out is the speed of bill processing. On the 24th of last month, it was revealed that the Bio Law passed the entire meeting with the relevant legislation review subcommittee in one day, and it was found that the so-called reading did not go through properly. There is nothing else to say about the Severe Accident Act, except that it was eliminated by a quick decision, compared to the 13-year enactment period of the UK’s legal and judicial death law, the birthplace of this law. In addition, the ruling party is in a hurry to deal with another anti-market law, such as the Distribution Industry Development Act, which compulsory closing of shopping malls twice a month. Since the beginning of the year, shackles bills wrapped in the name of development have been issued one after another.

The government and the ruling party should humbly listen to the reasons for the endless voice of condemnation among corporations, “Let’s make a punishment law for market economy destruction and put social responsibility in politics”. According to the Gyeonggi-do, there are over 200 anti-business and anti-market bills submitted to the 21st National Assembly. The protagonists of overcoming the national disaster caused by Corona 19 are definitely companies. It is irresponsible to say that the hands and feet of corporations that create jobs and increase national wealth are tied up with legislative rules and are the center of economic revival.