President Moon Instructs Measures to Ensure Voting Rights for COVID-19 Confirmed and Self-Quarantined Individuals (Comprehensive)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] President Moon Jae-in instructed relevant agencies to prepare measures to ensure the voting rights of COVID-19 confirmed patients and those in self-quarantine.

At a staff meeting on the 8th, President Moon said, "In cases where COVID-19 confirmed patients and those in self-quarantine can vote, their voting rights must be guaranteed," and directed the relevant agencies to promptly finalize the measures being prepared to ensure that there is no disruption to the public's exercise of voting rights.

At the Cabinet meeting he presided over that morning, regarding the 'Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Promotion of Mutual Growth between Large and Small-Medium Enterprises' and the 'Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Act on Fair Transactions in Subcontracting,' President Moon said, "I hope that through this amendment to the enforcement decrees, technology theft in the relationships between large and small-medium enterprises and subcontracting transactions will be eradicated, and it will serve as an opportunity for mutual growth and technological cooperation."

He also received a report from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups on the '2021 Activity Results of the Small and Medium Business Ombudsman' and introduced vivid cases where the Ombudsman system was used to resolve regulations and difficulties, instructing that small and medium enterprises be encouraged to use this system when facing challenges.

Meanwhile, at the 7th Cabinet meeting held under President Moon's chairmanship that day, 37 presidential decree proposals including the 'Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Restriction of Special Taxation Act,' general agenda items such as the 'Memorandum of Exchange on the Operation of the UN Women’s Gender Equality Expert Center in the Republic of Korea between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the United Nations Organization for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women,' and report items such as the '2021 Activity Results of the Small and Medium Business Ombudsman' were deliberated and approved.

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