“9 out of 10 citizens point out that the current legal system is out of date”

“Need to innovate the legal system reflecting the changes of the times”

National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Chul-seon Kim = It was found that the majority of the public pointed out that the current legal system cannot reflect the changed reality of laws and institutions.

According to the results of a survey of 1,200 adults in their 20s and 50s by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the 16th,’public perception of the 21st legislative direction of the National Assembly’, 9 out of 10 respondents (91.6%, multiple responses) were under the current legal system. The’old legal system’ was cited as the problem.

The response that the legal system is’old’ was the highest at 94.8% in the youth (20s), followed by 30s (91.8%), 50s (90.7%) and 40s (89.1%).

The Korean Chamber of Commerce has been pending with the National Assembly for the’Service Industry Development Framework Act’, which is one of the economic industry’s ’10 rapid legislative tasks for supporting innovation’, and the’Sandbox 3 Act’ (Industrial Convergence Promotion Act, Information Communication Convergence Act, Financial Innovation Special Act) Also pointed out that it is not crossing the threshold of the National Assembly.

Professor Tae-yoon Kim of Hanyang University, an advisory committee member of the Korean Prize, said, “It is a situation where the overall vitality of the national economy has declined due to the prolonged Corona 19 amid the low growth trend.”

As a result of the survey, the top priority legislative task of the 21st National Assembly was’improving economic vitality’ (39.8%). This was followed by improvement of workers and consumers’ rights and interests (28.5%), improvement of corporate governance and commerce practices (15.6%), and improvement of welfare for the underprivileged (14.3%).

Lee Sang-heon, head of the regulatory innovation team of the Korean Chamber of Commerce, said, “The people are hoping that the National Assembly will prioritize the reform of the legal system reflecting the changes of the times and the promotion of economic vitality, and to carry out legislative activities.” “He said.

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