United Future Party: "Gyeonggi 100,000 Won Disaster Basic Income, Lee Jae-myung's Presidential Gamble"

Hwang Kyo-ahn, leader of the United Future Party, is attending the Central Election Countermeasures Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 20th and delivering an opening remark. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The Future United Party criticized Gyeonggi Province's decision to provide 100,000 won in disaster basic income to all residents starting in April as part of measures against the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), calling it "Governor Lee Jae-myung's presidential campaign policy."

On the 24th, Baek Kyung-hoon, spokesperson for the Future United Party's election committee, said, "The disaster basic income cannot be seen as a solution to the Wuhan COVID-19."

Spokesperson Baek pointed out, "Governor Lee Jae-myung's decision to give 100,000 won per Gyeonggi resident as disaster basic income is nothing more than a policy gamble aimed at his presidential ambitions," adding, "It is a gamble to pour a staggering amount of 1.3642 trillion won into a one-time policy with unclear targets and uncertain effects."

He emphasized, "It is difficult to provide practical support to the victims," and added, "This is an urgent situation where targeted support that can provide real help to small business owners, including micro-entrepreneurs affected by the Wuhan COVID-19, irregular workers facing job loss, and vulnerable groups without employment, must be delivered swiftly."

There were also criticisms from the perspective of economic stimulus. Spokesperson Baek criticized, "Workplaces and jobs are the minimum safety net, but Governor Lee is solely focused on disaster basic income and has not presented fundamental measures for the overall economy," and said, "He dismissed demands such as the Korea Employers Federation's call for corporate tax cuts as corporate tricks."

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