Another Difficult Commute... Jeonjangyeon "Ceasefire Over" Resumes Protests Next Month

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] The National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Jeonjangyeon) announced on the 25th that it will resume subway protests in early next month, stating that only 0.8% of the disability rights budget requested by the organization was increased in the next year's government budget passed by the National Assembly plenary session the day before.

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In a statement on the day, Jeonjangyeon pointed out, "The Ministry of Strategy and Finance, which has absolute authority over budget increases, rejected the disability rights budget," adding, "Only 10.6 billion won (0.8%) of the budget requested by Jeonjangyeon was increased." They added, "The ceasefire is now over," and said they will begin 'subway actions' on the 2nd and 3rd of next month aiming to secure the budget.

Jeonjangyeon also claimed, "Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and Seoul Metro have set Jeonjangyeon, which calls for the guarantee of disabled citizens' rights, as an adversarial party to be defeated in a war. They used the term 'ceasefire' and proposed postponing the subway actions until after the National Assembly budget," and "One day after proposing the ceasefire, they threatened with damages of 400 to 500 million won."

They added, "The 21 years of outcry since the Oido Station subway lift fall accident on January 22, 2001, will continue into 22 years of outcry."

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