Yom Tae-young, Supreme Council Member: "Local Government Pioneering Projects Should Be Expanded at National Level"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Yom Tae-young, mayor of Suwon and the Democratic Party's first supreme council member from a local government background, argued at a party meeting that "pioneering projects initiated by local governments should be disseminated at the national level."

Supreme Council Member Yom Tae-young made these remarks at the Democratic Party's 7th Supreme Council Meeting held on the morning of the 14th, introducing the 'Ordinance on Support and Protection of Essential Workers' promulgated by Seongdong-gu, Seoul on the 10th.

Supreme Council Member Yom stated, "Delivery workers, care and nursing workers, and those responsible for cleaning and disinfection in quarantine and medical fields are supporting the new daily life of the non-contact era," proposing that support for 'essential workers' engaged in services necessary to maintain the lives and safety of citizens and daily life in the non-contact era is required.

He continued, "Seongdong-gu has expressed its intention to improve working conditions and work environments for essential workers in healthcare, care, welfare, safety, logistics, and transportation, and to provide hazard allowances, safety equipment, and psychological therapy even in situations of strict social distancing," emphasizing that "proper support for the public role of essential workers is a practical measure to strengthen the social safety net and represents 'the minimum fairness our society should uphold.'"

Supreme Council Member Yom Tae-young concluded by saying, "I hope the National Assembly and government will actively step up so that the small spark ignited by one local government can spread and support measures for essential workers can be implemented at the national level."

Supreme Council Member Yom has previously expressed his commitment to "local government success models should be disseminated from the center." This is the first time a local government case has been introduced in the opening remarks of the Supreme Council Meeting.