Gyeongnam Chamber of Commerce Council Urges National Assembly to Expedite Enactment of Special Act for Space Aviation Agency

Ruling and Opposition Floor Leaders, Science and ICT Committee Secretaries
Petition Delivered to Ruling and Opposition Provincial Party Chairpersons

The Gyeongnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Council visited the National Assembly on the 26th and held a press conference regarding the "Prompt Enactment of the Space Aviation Agency Special Act."

Press Conference Urging the Prompt Enactment of the Special Act for the Space Aviation Agency.

About 150 businesspeople from the province attended the press conference held in front of the National Assembly main building, including Choi Jae-ho, Chairman of the Gyeongnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Council; Lee Young-chun, Chairman of the Jinju Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Seo Hee-young, Chairman of the Sacheon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Also present were People Power Party lawmakers Choi Hyung-doo, Ha Young-je, and Kang Min-guk.

At the press conference, Chairman Choi said, "Gyeongnam is home to 60-70% of the core functions of South Korea's aerospace industry, and Gyeongnam businesspeople feel the importance of establishing the Space Aviation Agency more than anyone else in the country." He added, "At a time when completing the triangular system of research and development, assembly plants, and the Space Aviation Agency is urgent, as seen in major countries leading the aerospace industry, it is incomprehensible that only the establishment of the Space Aviation Agency is being delayed."

He further stated, "No vested interest related to the Space Aviation Agency Special Act can take precedence over national interests."

He continued, "Even though politics should support the economy, the National Assembly is blocking the Space Aviation Agency Special Act, causing South Korea's aerospace industry to fall behind in the global space economy competition." He raised his voice, saying, "The Space Aviation Agency Special Act cannot be delayed any longer, and there is little time left to pass it within this year. I strongly urge that it be approved at the plenary session on the 28th."

Before the press conference, Chairman Choi, Chairman Lee, Chairman Seo, and others visited the floor leaders of both ruling and opposition parties, the secretaries of the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee from both sides, and the chairpersons of the Gyeongnam provincial party committees from both sides to deliver a petition and convey the region's voice for the prompt enactment of the Space Aviation Agency Special Act within this year.

In the petition delivered to lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties, the Gyeongnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Council leadership stated, "We came to the National Assembly with a heavy heart over the fact that the establishment of the Space Aviation Agency, which will be a new driving force for the nation's future growth, has become a subject of political strife and compromise. After months of discussions in the National Assembly, the expectations of local residents have turned into anxiety." They added, "Gyeongnam has not even had proper railway infrastructure such as KTX and SRT, has the lowest number of medical school admissions in the country, and has lived with relative deprivation, lacking even a single law school or college of Korean medicine."

They also said, "Gyeongnam, which has supported South Korea's economy through industrial production achieved by hard work and exports built with passion, is now in a position where it must worry about the future." They strongly demanded the prompt enactment of the special act for establishing the Space Aviation Agency, emphasizing, "The establishment of the Space Aviation Agency should not be a subject of political strife but should be viewed from a grand perspective as the beginning of South Korea's century-long space industry plan and the practice of balanced national development."

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