Jeonnam Provincial Council Opens One-Point Extraordinary Session to Overcome COVID-19 Crisis

Emergency Living Expenses for Vulnerable Groups, Supplementary Budget Bill Processed to Support Small Business Owners and Farmers/Fishers

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] The Jeonnam Provincial Council announced on the 2nd that it will hold the 339th one-point extraordinary session on the 3rd to process the emergency supplementary budget bill to overcome the COVID-19 crisis.

During this extraordinary session, the first supplementary budget bills of the Jeonnam Provincial Government and the Provincial Office of Education, as well as ordinances to support the livelihood stabilization of low-income residents, will be processed.

In particular, swift deliberation and resolution are expected regarding the supplementary budget bill, which includes strengthening COVID-19 quarantine measures, emergency living expenses for vulnerable groups, support for small business owners and farmers and fishermen, and support for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The scale of the supplementary budget bill is 8.3338 trillion won, which is an increase of 213.9 billion won from the original budget at the provincial government, and 3.8917 trillion won for the Provincial Office of Education, an increase of 18.3 billion won.

The Provincial Council will convene a plenary session at 10:30 a.m. on the 3rd to hear the supplementary budget bill proposal explanations from the governor and the superintendent of education, then recess, followed by budget reviews by standing committees and the Budget and Accounts Special Committee, and reconvene the plenary session in the afternoon to finalize the supplementary budget bill.

Chairman Lee Yongjae stated at the opening ceremony, "We have convened this one-point extraordinary session to secure the safety of the residents from COVID-19 and protect their livelihoods, and we will do our best to ensure that measures for the suffering residents proceed in a timely manner," adding, "We plan to appeal to the residents to actively participate in social distancing to overcome COVID-19 early."

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