4th Anniversary of National Petitions... Over 1 Million Petitions and 200 Million Supporters Reached

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The national petition platform, which will celebrate its 4th anniversary on the 19th, has surpassed a cumulative total of 1 million petitions. The number of people who agreed to the petitions exceeded 200 million.

There were also 257 petitions that received more than 200,000 endorsements, meeting the Blue House's response criteria. Petitions demanding fact-finding on traffic accidents, sex crimes, and violent crimes accounted for half of these.

The Blue House announced on the 17th that from the launch of the "National Petition" on August 19, 2017, until the end of July this year, a total of 1,045,810 petitions were submitted.

During this period, the cumulative number of visitors reached 475,943,720, and the cumulative number of endorsers was 203,240,050, surpassing 200 million. On average, 725 petitions were posted daily, with 330,055 visitors and 145,162 people endorsing petitions each day.

The field with the most petition registrations was political reform (16.6%), but the field that received the most endorsements was human rights and gender equality (18.4%), followed by political reform (14.3%).

In particular, the fields of human rights and gender equality, safety and environment, childcare and education, and companion animals showed high endorsement rates relative to the number of posts. For safety and environment, the posting rate was 7.4%, but the endorsement rate was 12.1%. Childcare and education had a posting rate of 5.4% but an endorsement rate of 8.1%. The companion animals field had a posting rate of 1.1% but an endorsement rate of 3.5%.

Over the past four years, 257 petitions received more than 200,000 endorsements. Among these, 121 petitions (47%) were related to protecting victims, punishing perpetrators, and demanding fact-finding for incidents such as traffic accidents, sex crimes, and violent crimes. Representative petitions include those demanding resolution of the "Telegram N-bunbang" and the "Gangseo-gu apartment murder case." Notably, 60 of these 121 petitions involved child and adolescent victims.

Following that, 63 petitions expressing support or opposition related to government systems and policies were the second most numerous. These included petitions for the transition of firefighters to national employment, banning the sale of miniature cameras, mandating rest areas for cleaning workers, and requests for support for regional trauma centers. The Blue House stated, "It has become an important opportunity for the government and society to review various agendas once again and examine the need for improvements."

The Blue House emphasized that based on national petitions, measures such as ▲strengthening the state's responsibility for child protection ▲improving laws and systems for children's traffic safety ▲strengthening penalties for drunk driving ▲and transitioning firefighters to national employment have been implemented.

Public perception of the national petition system also appears positive. According to a survey commissioned by Korea Research targeting 1,297 men and women aged 18 and older nationwide, 80% agreed that the national petition system should be maintained in the next government. Additionally, 93% were aware of the national petition system, and 63% had participated in it. The public believed that the greatest progress was made in improving gender equality and human rights and in reporting sex crimes and child abuse cases (47%).

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.