<Anchor> At the
plenary session of the National Assembly today (8th), the ruling and opposition parties are asking the government for urgent issues regarding vaccine supply and demand, as well as quarantine measures. Major public welfare bills, such as the Severe Accident Corporate Penalty Act, are also expected to be dealt with.
Reporter Han Se-hyun on the report.
<Reporter> At
this morning's plenary session, the National Assembly is planning to ask urgent questions about the COVID-19 quarantine countermeasures, including vaccine supply and demand, to the State Council members.
For today's inquiry, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun, Minister of Health and Welfare Kwon Deok-cheol, and Vice Minister-level Personnel, Jung Eun-kyung, are present.
It is unusual for Vice Ministers who are not members of the State Council to attend the plenary session of the National Assembly.
That's why both parties decided that the matter was significant.
In particular, the opposition will inquire intensively, focusing on the problems of the government's vaccine supply and demand plan, which has been procrastinating.
Major public welfare bills, such as the Severe Accident Corporate Punishment Act, are also presented as agendas to the National Assembly plenary session today.
The ruling and opposition parties agreed yesterday on a major disaster bill with the aim of punishing a manager in jail for at least one year for poor safety measures if a worker dies in an accident.
However, workplaces with fewer than 5 employees are excluded from the law, and the penalties for workplaces with fewer than 50 employees will be suspended for 3 years.
In addition, we plan to deal with the Child Abuse Prevention Act and related civil law amendments to prevent the so-called'Jung Ini case' in which a 16-month-old adopted child died from the abuse of adoptive parents.