Noo “Preparing alternatives such as the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family”
Promotion to the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Overseas Koreans approve
▲ People’s Power plans to propose amendments to the Government Organization Act as part of the party’s argument on the 7th, with the amendment of the Government Organization Act, which includes the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the transfer of related functions to the Population and Family Gender Equality Headquarters under the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The photo is the corridor of the leisure department of the government complex in Seoul. 2022.10.5 Yonhap News
On the 11th, the Democratic Party of Korea officially opposed the Yoon Seok-yeol administration’s proposal to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. Rather, the Democratic Party is considering a plan to expand and reorganize the function of the leisure ministry with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
Kim Seong-hwan, chairman of the Democratic Party’s policy committee, held a press conference on the same day and said, “It is a UN-level recommendation to have an independent department to resolve gender discrimination once morest women, and it is a global trend, and it is difficult to agree to go in the opposite direction.” Rather, it is necessary.”
Chairman Kim continued, “The abolition of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the downgrading of the vice-ministerial department within the Ministry of Health and Welfare have been consistently opposed since the last presidential election. If the department is downgraded to a vice-ministerial level under such circumstances, the bargaining power between ministries will significantly decrease,” he pointed out. “We have alternatives such as the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family or the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and Youth,” he said.
Earlier, on the 6th, the government announced the revision of the government organization with the main goals of abolition of the Ministry of Leisure and the transfer of related affairs to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the promotion of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs to the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and the establishment of the Office of Overseas Koreans in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Regarding the promotion of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and the establishment of the Office of Overseas Koreans in addition to the abolition of the Ministry of Leisure, Chairman Kim said, “It is almost the same as the position of the Democratic Party, so we will actively cooperate in this area.” However, he said, “Now is not the right time to publicize the reorganization.” “Since the economic livelihood is serious and the security situation is serious, it is urgent to deal with it, and it is not desirable to make it into a political debate through the Government Organization Act.”
By Kim Seung-hoon
