Opposition Party to Visit Elementary School Teachers... Full Effort to Address Livelihood Issues Ahead of Regular National Assembly Session

MinSaeng Chaeum Team Listens to Elementary Teachers' Difficulties
Visits Geomdan Construction Site to Identify Causes of Poor Workmanship

The Democratic Party of Korea is making every effort to address 'people's livelihood issues' ahead of the September regular session of the National Assembly. On the 4th, Park Kwang-on, the party's floor leader, met with elementary school teachers to discuss issues of infringement on teachers' authority, and also visited an apartment construction site in Geomdan, where 'rebar omission' occurred, to inspect problems related to poor construction.

Park Kwang-on, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is holding the plaque ceremony of the Minsheng Filling Group at the National Assembly on the morning of the 1st.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

On the morning of the same day, Floor Leader Park visited an elementary school in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, and held an on-site meeting with teachers. This meeting was part of the Democratic Party's 'MinSaeng Chaeumdan' (People's Livelihood Filling Team) field visits. The floor leadership and Democratic Party members of the National Assembly's Education Committee accompanied him. It was an opportunity to listen comprehensively to the difficulties faced by teachers on site, including issues of infringement on teachers' authority that surfaced following the recent death of a teacher at Seoi Elementary School, and to discuss measures to resolve them.

On the 24th of last month, he visited the memorial altar for the Seoi Elementary School teacher and stated, "Approaching this issue as a conflict between student and teacher human rights, or attributing it to the Student Human Rights Ordinance, is not a fundamental way to solve the problem," and promised to find a solution, saying, "Student rights and the right to education are not a matter of choosing one over the other. They do not conflict with each other."

In the afternoon of the same day, Floor Leader Park moved to the apartment construction site in Geomdan, Seo-gu, Incheon, where 'rebar omission' occurred, to inspect issues related to poor construction such as missing rebar in the apartments. The visit included members of the MinSaeng Chaeumdan, the Apartment Poor Construction Countermeasure Task Force (TF), and local constituency lawmakers.

On the 1st, the Democratic Party launched the 'MinSaeng Chaeumdan,' led by Floor Leader Park and Deputy Floor Leader Song, marking the start of their efforts focused on people's livelihood. The MinSaeng Chaeumdan operates temporarily throughout August under the slogan 'Democratic Party filling the lives of the people.' Its main goal is to visit livelihood sites to discover legislative and budgetary ideas.

As their first schedule, on the morning of the 1st, they visited the Dong Seoul Postal Logistics Center in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, to inspect the working conditions of postal logistics workers laboring in the heatwave. After observing the hardships of workers sorting parcels, Floor Leader Park told reporters, "There have been workers who died due to the heatwave, and we must ensure that such incidents do not happen again."

Since then, the MinSaeng Chaeumdan has actively communicated with citizens by visiting various livelihood sites. On the 2nd, they held a meeting with the bereaved families of the Osong underpass disaster. Floor Leader Park comforted the families, saying, "Regardless of political parties, we feel sorry for failing to protect the lives and safety of the people," and promised, "We will investigate the truth of this issue, punish those responsible, and prepare measures to prevent recurrence."

On the 3rd, at Front1 in Mapo-gu, Seoul, they discussed support measures for the platform startup industry and future industries. During the meeting, the Democratic Party listened to startup representatives about ways to support innovative growth and the difficulties they face. Attendees included lawmakers from the National Assembly's startup research group Unicorn Farm, such as Kang Hoon-sik, Hong Jeong-min, and Kim Han-gyu, as well as platform company CEOs: Kim Bon-hwan of Law&Company, Jang Ji-ho of Dr. Now, Lee Jon-woo of R-Square, and Kim Beom-seop of Jarvis & Villains.

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