117 Participants in National Assembly Resolution "Withdraw Compensation Claims for Ssangyong Motor Strike Suppression"

Climate Crisis Response Passed in Plenary Session... Multiple Resolutions Related to North Korea

Kim Deuk-jung, Chairman of the Ssangyong Motor Labor Union, holds a press conference on the 21st in front of the National Assembly main building, urging the withdrawal of the retraction of the Ssangyong Motor national damage compensation case dismissal resolution proposal. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Since the 21st National Assembly convened, numerous resolutions have been pouring in. The resolution on responding to the climate crisis has already passed the plenary session, and many resolutions aimed at promoting peace with North Korea are currently pending.

According to the National Assembly on the 4th, more than 30 resolutions have been proposed, among which the resolution urging emergency response to the climate crisis was passed last month.

At the National Assembly level, it declares the current situation as a 'climate crisis emergency' and sets the goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Regarding the ruling party’s resolutions related to North Korea, there are resolutions such as 'Resolution Urging the Allowance of Individual Tourism to North Korea for Peace on the Korean Peninsula,' 'Resolution Urging Ratification of the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration and Implementation of the September 19 Pyongyang Joint Declaration for Inter-Korean Reconciliation and Peace,' 'Resolution Urging the Designation of June 15 as the Inter-Korean Joint Declaration Commemoration Day,' 'Resolution Urging a Korean Peninsula "End-of-War Declaration,"' and 'Resolution Urging Humanitarian Cooperation with North Korea Regarding COVID-19.'

On the other hand, members of the People Power Party have proposed resolutions such as 'Resolution Condemning North Korea’s Destruction of the Inter-Korean Joint Liaison Office,' 'Resolution Condemning North Korea’s Provocations Against the South and Urging the Denuclearization of North Korea,' and 'Special Resolution for the Continued Development of the ROK-US Alliance on the 70th Anniversary of the Korean War.'

Regarding balanced development, members of the People Power Party have respectively proposed the 'Resolution to Establish a Special Committee on National Balanced Development Measures' and the 'Resolution Urging the Implementation of National Balanced Development as a Constitutional Value.' Both ruling and opposition parties are seeking solutions to the severe overconcentration in the Seoul metropolitan area and the decline in competitiveness of local regions.

The 'Resolution Urging Withdrawal of the Lawsuit for State Compensation in the Ssangyong Motor Case,' led by Justice Party lawmaker Lee Eun-ju, has 117 co-sponsors mainly from the Justice Party and the Democratic Party.

The main content is: 'The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, following the investigation by the Police Human Rights Violation Truth Investigation Committee, confirmed that the suppression of the Ssangyong Motor strike in August 2009 was an incident in which the government, with the approval of former President Lee Myung-bak, attempted to resolve a labor dispute that should have been settled autonomously between labor and management through police force. Therefore, it urges the police to submit to the Supreme Court the opinion to withdraw the lawsuit for damages related to police equipment damaged in this incident, as well as individual police officers’ compensation and medical expenses.'

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