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Among the three Acts of Jeon Tae-il's legislative movement promoted by the labor world, political debates are taking place regarding the enactment of the'Severe Accident Corporate Punishment Act'.



The first discussions began seven years ago, but this time, reporter Jeong-Hyun Koe looked at the legislative issue whether it would be possible to cross the threshold of the National Assembly.



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Following the major disaster corporate punishment bill initiated by the Justice Party, Democratic Party lawmaker Park Ju-min also announced that the same bill will be proposed within this week.



[Park Joo-min/Democratic Party lawmaker: If necessary, punish managers and related public officials...

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Comparing the bills of Justice Party and Rep

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Park, the big framework is similar that in the event of a fatal accident, the employer or the manager can be sentenced to three years and two years or more, respectively.



However, the amount of punitive damages varies by up to 10 times for the Justice Party bill and at least 5 times for the Park bill.



The bill included a provision that the application of the law would be suspended for four years for workplaces with fewer than 50 employees.



The Justice Party said it welcomed Park's motion, but requested the Democratic Party to adopt the party's argument.



[Lee Nak-yeon/Democratic Party Representative: It won't be that difficult.

(Of course, adoption?) Oh yes.

It won't be a difficult problem.]



The Act on Punishment for Severe Accidents, which was first proposed in 2013 under the name of the'Corporate Murder Punishment Act', was initiated by former lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan three years ago, but it was automatically abolished due to the indifference of both parties.



However, yesterday (10th), as the people's power revealed the possibility of a legislative cooperation with the Justice Party and the Democratic Party showed a positive response, it is expected that the discussion on legislation will open up.



However, there are many mountains to be overcome until the final legislation.



There are a lot of objections among the members of the People's Power of “excessive punishment,” and the burden of the industry is high even within the Democratic Party.



Like the'Three Fair Economy Act', it is also a homework that must be resolved against the backlash from the business community, which is a bill that condemns companies.



(Video coverage: Kim Hyun-sang and Lee Seung-hwan, video editing: Park Jeong-sam)