The power of the people who could not laugh or cry after the passage of the’Gadeokdo Special Law’

On the 26th, the National Assembly plenary session was passed through the’Special Act on Gadeokdo New Airport Construction’ (Gadeokdo Special Act), which confirms the location of the new airport in the southeastern region of Gadeokdo, Busan. The Democratic Party cheered, but the expression of the people’s strength was ambiguous. Considering the atmosphere of opposition in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk (TK) region, which is the core support base for the people’s power, and the democratic party-led legislative process, it was necessary to oppose the legislation. However, this is because if we were conscious of the by-election of the Busan mayor that was approaching on the 40th, it could not be revealed openly.

On this day, the power of the people did not make an official comment on the passage of the National Assembly of the’Gadeokdo Special Act’. On the other hand, the Democratic Party issued a comment of 1,200 words in three minutes after passing the law. People’s Strength Spokesman Bae Jun-young said in a call with the Hankook Ilbo, “It was the party’s policy to pass a special law on Gadeokdo Island, and the strength of our people kept the promise.” Kim Jong-in, chairman of the Emergency Response Committee, visited Busan on the 1st and promised to deal with the Gadeokdo Special Law.

The promotion of’Gadeokdo New Airport’ was’Gyereuk’ from the perspective of the people’s strength. Already from the time of the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administration, the conflict between Busan and Gyeongnam (PK) and the TK region over the location of the new airport in the southeast region has continued sharply. We concluded with the expansion of the Gimhae New Airport in 2016, and the reason for this issue again is that in Yeongnam, where supporters are concentrated, it is bound to be a bad thing for the power of the people. At the General Assembly of the People’s Power that was held just before the plenary session on this day, the interests of the TK and PK region members diverged sharply.

This was revealed nakedly in the pros and cons before the plenary vote. Kwak Sang-do (Daegu Jungnam-gu), a member of the People’s Power, from TK, who started the debate, said, “Gadeokdo, born of political engineering understanding, opposes the special law.” Criticized. However, PK member Park Soo-young (Busan Nam Gu-gap), who appeared as a debate, emphasized the necessity of saying, “Gadeokdo new airport is not an airport only for Busan,” and “we are trying to lay the foundation for balanced national land development around Gadeokdo”. did.

In fact, 13 of the 15 members of the Power of the People’s Power of the Busan district voted in favor of the vote, including Seo Byeong-soo and Kyung-tae Kyung-tae, excluding the Kim Do-eup, who could not attend the plenary session due to the participation of the Legislative Judicial Council. Among the TK graduates, 17 people, including Rep. Yoon Jae-ok, objected, and Rep. Kim Hyung-dong abstained, and home representative Joo Ho-young and others were absent.

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