Disability Rights Groups Urge Enactment of Disability-Related Laws... Homeless Protest to Continue Until the 25th

Jeonjangyeon and Other Organizations "Urging the Enactment of the Act on Guarantee of Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Act on Support for Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Disabilities"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] Disability rights organizations urged the Democratic Party of Korea to enact the Disability Rights Guarantee Act and the Disability Deinstitutionalization Support Act.

On the 24th, disability rights organizations including the National Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (Jeonjangyeon) held a "Dignified March of People with Disabilities for the Enactment of the Disability Rights Guarantee Act and the Disability Deinstitutionalization Support Act" at the Irum Center in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. According to the organizers, about 500 people gathered at the rally.

They criticized the Democratic Party of Korea for failing to establish laws for people with disabilities despite holding more than half of the seats in the National Assembly. Choi Yong-gi, chairman of the Korea Association of Centers for Independent Living of Persons with Disabilities, said, "The reality is that we have no choice but to call for the enactment of the Disability Rights Guarantee Act and others from the Moon Jae-in administration to the Yoon Suk-yeol administration," adding, "We will continue the sit-in in front of the Irum Center to live as proud agents of our lives by coming out onto the streets."

Before the rally, they began a march from the Irum Center, where a sit-in for the enactment of the Lifelong Education Act for Persons with Disabilities was set up, to the Democratic Party headquarters. Afterwards, instead of entering the party headquarters, they waited on the road for about 20 minutes, continuing speeches and performances. The organizers explained, "The representatives went to the party headquarters to deliver their opinions and returned."

After the rally, the groups used the subway and buses to move and then joined the "4.20 Joint Struggle Launch Ceremony Against Disability Discrimination." Jeonjangyeon held a subway boarding and alighting protest at Gyeongbokgung Station on Line 3, the subway station closest to the transition committee. Additionally, the National Parents' Solidarity for Persons with Disabilities held a press conference in front of the transition committee, urging the establishment of a "24-hour support system for persons with developmental disabilities."

They plan to continue a sit-in protest overnight until the morning of the 25th to demand the guarantee of the disability rights budget.

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