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| On the afternoon of the 3rd, a black banner criticizing the’government’s social distancing’ is hanging on Kondaemat Street in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul. On the 2nd, the Central Accident Control Headquarters held a’Social Distancing System Reorganization Open Debate’ on the 2nd, as voices of equity issues and dissatisfaction from specific groups among the businesses banned and restricted in business have recently increased. Also, on the 9th, self-employed and small business owners will discuss plans on applying the quarantine rules for multi-use facilities. 2021.2.3/News1 © News1 |
Some self-employed and small business owners who operate restaurants, PC cafes, coin karaoke rooms, bakeries, and cafes are protesting the government’s measures to maintain business restrictions after 9 PM in the metropolitan area, and continue a’lit-up demonstration’ that lights up stores.
If there is no action by the quarantine authorities after the three-day lit-up demonstration, the store will open even after 9 pm, and it is planned to proceed with the’opening protest against quarantine’.
In response to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the National Self-employed Emergency Countermeasures Committee (non-competitor) held a press conference and picket demonstration with the content of “abolishing the operating time limit based on uniform quarantine, etc.” at a PC room in Gangseo-gu, Seoul at 12 pm on the 7th. do.
About 50 small business owners and self-employed people attend the press conference on this day, considering the size of the PC cafe store.
In a call with News 1, a non-subcommissioned official said, “We will keep the store signs and lights on from 9 pm to 12 pm in the form of a lit-up demonstration.”
The protest lit up is conducted in the form of voluntary participation by business owners. Initially, 12 non-commissioned groups were scheduled to participate in the demonstration, but 7 groups, including 6 indoor sports facilities and groups of people working in the space rental business (study cafes, etc.) participate, and a total of 19 groups are held.
Earlier, on the previous day (6th), the government announced the easing of some quarantine measures, which would maintain business restrictions for multi-use facilities in the metropolitan area after 9:00 pm, but extend non-metropolitan areas by 1 hour until 10 pm.
The self-employed businessmen, who had suffered a lot of economic pain due to the restrictions on business hours due to the spread of Corona 19, demanded’allowing business until 12 pm, and extending one hour until at least 10 pm’, but only part of them were accepted.
B. Commission said, “The uniform business hours limit, which ignores fairness and rationality between industries, should be abolished,” and said, “We have requested a quarantine standard adjustment consultation body several times for rational adjustment of quarantine standards, but the authorities are consistently disregarding them.”
“We need to abolish the restrictions on business hours, where the causal relationship between scientific and infectious transmission is not confirmed, and strengthen the quarantine guidelines to open a way to live.” We need to adjust the quarantine guidelines that can be done.”
The rain captain is scheduled to continue at the midnight press conference and picket demonstration on this day, and also at coin karaoke on the 9th and a pub on the 10th. In addition, after arranging opinions related to compensation for losses, an additional press conference will be held after the 15th.
In a call with News 1, a non-subcommittee official said, “We plan to send opinions related to loss compensation and proposals to establish consultation bodies with self-employed organizations in the form of letters to the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance.”