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| ▲ Justice Party representative Kim Jong-cheol, deputy delegation, and lawmakers are conducting a full-scale enforcement action and a concerted fasting ceremony for the enactment of the Act on Punishment for Companies with Serious Accidents at the National Assembly on the 4th. | |
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On behalf of the Justice Party hospital representative Kang Eun-mi, who was transferred to the hospital due to deteriorating health, the party leader Kim Jong-cheol urges the enactment of the Severe Accident Corporate Penalty Act and enters a hunger strike.
Representative Kim held a press conference on the 4th and said, “As the party’s representative (the expiration date of the temporary National Assembly, January 8, when in-hospital representative Kang Eun-mi has been fasting for more than 20 days and then stopped due to a sudden deterioration of health. Sun) will continue fasting until Friday.” He added, “I will work with Mi-sook Kim, Chairman of the Kim Yong-gyun Foundation, Lee Yong-gwan, Chairman of the Hanbit Media Labor Rights Center, and Vice Chairman Lee Sang-jin of the KCTU, who have been struggling with the National Assembly for more than 20 days to ensure that the correct serious disaster law is enacted.”
From December 11, last year, Eun-mi Kang and the like have entered into an indefinite fasting campaign to enact the Severe Disaster Act. As of January 4th, it is the 25th day of singles. However, on the 2nd, Eun-mi Kang complained of abdominal pain and headache, and was taken to the hospital to stop fasting. The rest of the perpetrators are also in a state of bad health, but they are still fasting. And during this period, another worker died of industrial accidents.
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| ▲ Kang Eun-mi, who had been fasting at the National Assembly on the 23rd, is being transferred to the hospital due to deteriorating health on the 2nd. | |
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CEO Kim Jong-cheol said, “During the holiday season, even during the time that they kept the empty National Assembly with the resolution to risk their lives, a subcontractor of Hyundai Motors was stuck in the press machine and could not return home.” “Why is the clock of the National Assembly so slow? Criticized. “Tomorrow (5th) the legislative and judicial committee of the National Assembly will be held, and the door of the extraordinary assembly will be closed on Friday.” “Until then, the right to not die while working, and to create a society with minimal responsibility for life, a proper serious disaster law must be enacted. I will do it.”
Rep. Jang Hye-young also pointed out, “It’s the 21st National Assembly that has shouted’Working National Assembly’ like a habit since its opening, and we welcomed the New Year by neglecting hope for the people’s safety.” He said, “Keeping that hope lonely is the fasting of the bereaved family,” he said. “We will also starve here together. This is to let the world know that there is something far more important than the warm rice that goes into my throat.” He also said, “I’ll be smart enough to see if the nightmare will not repeat,” he said.
The Justice Party is planning to continue its actions to’enact the proper serious disaster law’ even in front of the so-called meeting of the 1st so-called judiciary committee’s legal review committee on the 5th. Subcommittee Bill 1 of the Judiciary Committee held three meetings on December 24th, 29th, and 30th, but only summarized the concepts of serious disasters and safety and health obligations. Sensitive issues such as how to punish business owners and managers, how to set the baseline for punitive damages, and how to set a grace period for workplaces with less than 50 employees have not been discussed properly.
In addition, the Democratic Party is in a position that it will handle the bill within the provisional National Assembly in January at the maximum speed. At a meeting on the 30th of last month, sub-chairman Baek Hye-ryeon said, “A lot of the issues seem to have been cleared up,” and “I hope that the so-called committee members have the idea of discussing until late so that the discussion can be completed on the 5th if possible.” Representative Lee Nak-yeon also mentioned at the party’s Supreme Council on the 4th that “I will do my best to deal with the Severe Disaster Act, etc.” (Related article: Lee Nak-yeon “Severe Disaster Act, this week” … Yang Hyang-ja Crack to’opposite’).