[New Year's Address] Lee Gang-seop, Head of the Legislation Office, "Actively Revising Laws That Burden Youth and Small Business Owners"

"Supplement the Framework Act on Administration to Induce Substantial Changes in Frontline Administration"

Lee Kang-seop, Chief of the Legislation Office. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Lee Gangseop, Commissioner of the Ministry of Government Legislation, stated in his New Year's address on the 31st that laws and regulations imposing excessive burdens on those struggling with livelihoods due to COVID-19, such as youth and small business owners, must be actively revised.

The commissioner said, "We must make greater efforts to create legislative outcomes that the public can feel through continuous communication with the field."

He emphasized, "In particular, I hope that unreasonable laws affecting the younger generation facing difficulties in employment and livelihood due to COVID-19, as well as laws imposing excessive burdens on small business owners and small and medium-sized enterprises, will be actively identified and revised so that all citizens can share the warmth of economic recovery."

He also stressed that the Administrative Basic Act enacted this year should be well applied in frontline administration. Commissioner Lee said, "The enactment of the law has laid the foundation for advancing the rule of law administration in Korea," adding, "Individual laws should be gradually revised in line with the purpose of the law, and supplementary measures such as integrated legalization in the administrative field should be created to bring about practical changes in frontline administration."

He mentioned that improving public access to laws is also important. The commissioner said, "So far, the Ministry of Government Legislation has made various efforts such as creating easy-to-understand laws and providing legal information services," and added, "In response to the rapid transition to the AI and digital era, difficult legal terms should be provided together with visual content, and the service delivery method should be innovatively transformed by building an intelligent legal information service platform utilizing AI."

He encouraged members to strive to support economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis through 'legislation.' He explained, "There is a saying called 'Saseokwiho (射石爲虎),' which originates from an old story where someone shot an arrow at a stone thinking it was a tiger, meaning that if you focus your mind and do your best, nothing is impossible." He continued, "I hope everyone will do their best with the mindset of Saseokwiho to legislatively support Korea's complete return to normal life and economic recovery from the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis."

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