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Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun appeared on KTV’Choi Il-gu’s Really’ on the afternoon of the 17th, saying, “Even though finance is difficult (now), the country is less difficult than individuals, so the country has to deal with individual pain.” “You just have to fill the empty spaces of the country by making people pay more taxes.”
Regarding the disagreement with the party government, Prime Minister Chung said, “There are some disagreements over the 4th disaster support fund, so it is a process of adjusting. “It will be good for the coordination,” he said. “In the end, it would be healthy and desirable to find a way to serve the people well by agreeing and forming consensus.”
In addition, the Democratic Party and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance have agreed on selective support, but there is a difference in perspective over the size and target of the specific disaster support fund. The Democratic Party is in a position that it will organize self-employment disaster subsidies thicker than at least 15 trillion won, the largest ever. On the other hand, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy is carefully considering the size and target of the financial burden, such as the need to issue government bonds.
Prime Minister Chung said, “You may have different opinions from the Ministry of Finance and the Party. He said that it would be healthy to be able to talk about the differences,” but said, “If you only fight (Dang Jeong-i) and do not find a solution, it will be pathetic.” He ordered a coordination and agreement regarding the 4th subsidy.
Regarding the report that Prime Minister Chung said, “Is it the country of the Ministry of Information,” he said, “I didn’t talk so radically and talked about that purpose, but it was reported that way. The Ministry of Information and Technology and I are actually a cooperative relationship.” “(I also meet with Hong Nam-ki, Deputy Prime Minister of Economy) several times a week. Every Sunday, the economic ministers’ meeting is held.”
Regarding the bill to compensate for losses to self-employed people suffering from Corona 19 losses, Prime Minister Chung said, “The provision to introduce a loss compensation system will be legislated by the National Assembly,” and “legislation will come soon.” However, he said, “It takes at least 3 to 4 months for an enforcement decree to be made,” he said. “It is difficult for this system to be introduced in a considerable amount of time.”
Regarding the Korean economic situation, Prime Minister Chung said, “Of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, Korea (last year’s growth rate) was -1%, while other countries grew -9%. Countries that grew by -9% were completely dismayed,” he said. “But we did relatively well (in economic response).”
Prime Minister Chung said, “The economic scale (GDP) was also 12th last year, but it rose to 10th last year. The credit rating has not fallen and is being maintained. “The foreign exchange equilibrium fund bonds were issued (for the first time in history) at a negative interest rate,” he said. “The Korean state is cruising.”
Prime Minister Chung promised, “I will make a country where I can live with my family on Chuseok (September 21st).” He said, “We will start vaccination on (February) 26th and finish the vaccination of 70% of the people by the end of September. In one or two months, group immunity will occur,” he said. “I am confident that among the many countries on the planet, Korea will be the first country to visit daily life and the country to overcome corona first.”