Gadeokdo New Airport Special Act passed the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 26th. ‘Geoyeo’ It has been 92 days since the Democratic Party of Korea introduced the’Special Act to Promote Construction of New Airports on Gaduk Island’ on November 26 last year and passed the legislative drive. Despite criticism and opposition from related ministries and criticism of the electoral rush bill, the cost estimate was skipped at once and eventually crossed the threshold of the National Assembly.
Sang-Jung Shim “My heart is down”
The Gadeokdo Special Law was passed at the plenary session of the National Assembly this afternoon with 181 votes in favor, 33 votes against, and 15 abstentions out of 229 members of the National Assembly. It was a predicted result as it was presented to the plenary session by agreement between the two parties. The power of the people was left to the free judgment of the lawmakers without deciding on an argument in favor due to internal differences of opinion. As a result of the vote, there were no members of the Democratic Party who objected, and in the power of the people, 17 out of 23 members of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk (TK) region voted against. The Justice Party was opposed by all six lawmakers.
Passed 40 days before the 4/7 rehabilitation and maintenance, this bill specifies the location of the new airport in the southeastern region of Gadeok-do, Busan, exempts the preliminary feasibility (preliminary) investigation if necessary, and simplifies the preliminary feasibility investigation. The abolition of the Gimhae New Airport, which was one of the issues, was put in the supplementary provisions. Some experts argue that it is difficult to find a precedent for enacting a special law by putting a specific narrow area called Gadeokdo in the name of the bill.
Regarding President Moon Jae-in’s remarks, “My heart is beating”, Justice Party lawmaker Shim Sang-jeong said, “(I) my heart went down.” “We express our deep regret for the controversy.” Ho-young Joo criticized President Moon’s visit to Gadeokdo Island the day before as “the last king of the official election.”
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