Lee Jae-myung's Proposal for 'Property-Proportional Fine System' Supported by 60% of Gyeonggi Residents

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] A survey revealed that 6 out of 10 residents of Gyeonggi Province support the introduction of a 'property-proportional fine system' that imposes fines in proportion to economic power such as property and income.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 14th that, as a result of asking 1,000 residents about their support or opposition to the introduction of the property-proportional fine system on the 26th of last month, 60% of residents responded that they 'support' it.

When asked whether they had heard of the property-proportional fine system, 35% of residents answered that they had 'heard of it.' On the other hand, 65% responded that they had 'not heard of it.'

Among the 353 respondents (35%) who said they had heard of the property-proportional fine system, 70% supported its introduction.

Residents also cited 'realizing practical fairness according to economic power' (32%) as the most anticipated aspect of implementing the property-proportional fine system. This was followed by 'reduction in legal violations by the wealthy' (23%) and 'decrease in fine non-payment rates and detention in labor camps among the economically disadvantaged' (15%).

The biggest concern regarding the introduction of the property-proportional fine system was 'reduced preventive effect due to mitigation of punishment for crimes committed by the economically disadvantaged' (25%). This was followed by 'increase in income and property concealment' (22%) and 'reverse discrimination caused by differential fines for the same crime' (20%).

In this survey, 78% of residents answered that 'fair law enforcement regardless of wealth, power, or status is not carried out in our society.'

Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung mentioned the introduction of the 'property-proportional fine system' for the practical fairness of punishment through social media (SNS) on April 25, stating, "Even if the same crime is committed and fined, the wealthy do not bear a heavy burden, so the effect of punishment decreases and it inevitably becomes harsher for the poor."

This survey was conducted by the province through a telephone survey of 1,000 residents aged 18 or older on the 26th of last month, commissioned to the polling agency Case Stat Research Co., Ltd. The confidence level is 95%, with a sampling error of ±3.1%p.

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