[Interview] Lee Jong-sung "Lee Jun-seok Urged Early Visibility of Disability Policies Before Yoon Government Inauguration"

"Representative Lee says immediate lip service apologies and appeasements are not important
Stresses the need for proactive efforts such as related budgets and legislation"

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol is seen entering together while pushing the wheelchair of Lee Jong-sung, a member of the People Power Party, at the Social Welfare Vision Declaration Conference held at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on December 10 last year.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Lee Jong-seong, a member of the People Power Party and chairman of the party's Central Disability Committee, revealed on the 28th during a meeting with Representative Lee Jun-seok that Lee said, "It is important to continuously create and visualize more progressive measures than those advocated by them (disability organizations)."

In a phone call that day, Lee said, "Representative Lee holds a firm stance that the illegal aspects causing inconvenience to citizens must never be acknowledged."

He added, "Representative Lee said that appeasing or apologizing to the groups as mere 'lip service' is not very important," and conveyed, "According to Lee, rather than that, he ordered to look for policies that can be visualized as soon as possible, even before the government is launched."

Lee also expressed concerns about Representative Lee taking a confrontational stance with disability organizations regarding the current issue. He said, "On Facebook, Lee keeps mentioning Lee Jae-myung, Park Won-soon, and Moon Jae-in, but there is no need to compare by mentioning those people. The responsibility of the ruling party is to build a collaborative system that listens to, considers, and develops any voices of the people with an open mind," adding, "I conveyed that there are concerns about such aspects."

Furthermore, Lee emphasized, "We need to manage the controversial parts and open a breakthrough," and urged, "Let's organize various policy agendas and come out to the public forum to discuss together."

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