Lee Jae-myung “Corona Jangbaljang, still in jail…Why we need universal welfare”

[이데일리 이정훈 기자] Gyeonggi Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myeong, who introduced the story that’Corona Jangbaljang’, who was sentenced to 1 year in prison for stealing eggs after starving for more than a week due to Corona 19, is in a position to be detained without living or living. They pointed out the blind spots and emphasized universal welfare again.

Governor Jaemyung Lee

On the 14th, Governor Lee posted a post on his Facebook page titled “Corona Jangbaljang is still in jail” and sentenced him to one year in prison for stealing eggs after starving for more than a week because the soup kitchen was closed and he could not find a job. He asked, “Do you remember the’Corona Jangbaljang’ you received,” and introduced that he was the one who created the Gyeonggi-Just Dream Center, which provides minimal food to everyone.

He said, “The end of this month is due to his detention, but he has no place to live, no means of living, and no family, so he will be detained further.” He said, “I asked him to find out if there is a welfare policy to apply to him, and this person is likely to be a welfare target. “If you judge through interviews and surveys, you can make a living as well as provide housing measures.” He said, “I will visit the detention center at the beginning of this week to listen to the circumstances, and if I agree, we will carry out welfare measures through investigation and examination.”

He also promised, “Because it takes 30 to 60 days for the evaluation, we will also review emergency livelihood advance payments before making a decision, temporarily stay in a living facility for the homeless, and come up with a multilateral and integrated support plan, such as linking support projects for the next-level class or job support,” he promised.

Governor Lee said, “The problem I want to talk about is the limitations and blind spots of the selective welfare system. She said, “A livelihood is guaranteed, but this person did not know this and eventually resulted in a crime of being sentenced to one year in prison.”

Also, “Our welfare system is mostly selective support, so I myself say,’I am poor and incompetent, so I have to be protected. “Help me,” he said, “help me,” he said, and “help me,” he said. “The fact that the government supports it only when poverty and incompetence are proved,” he said. “In neoliberalism, poor and difficult people have to pay attention to poverty. The reality is that the zone is falling into the hell of crime or extreme choice,” he lamented.

Governor Lee said, “This is the reason that the welfare required for the people’s minimum life should be universal welfare that does not require application and examination,” said Governor Lee. “What is the cost of arresting, confinement, investigation, and trial of this person? To prevent the 2nd and 3rd coronavirus longevity, please consider what else the social cost of running the Dream Center will be.” He also stressed that “the destination of politics is the Daedong World, where we live well together, and the process of politics should be a reinforcement.

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