The controversy "makes the law"... "What's wrong with it"

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In September, when the ruling and opposition lawmakers left amid controversy over a conflict of interest, this story came out from the political world.

[Chun Joon-ho/Deocratic Democratic Party Member (Last September): So that the'Park Deok-heum Prevention Act' can be passed as soon as possible and the National Assembly conflict of interest prevention system can be established...

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[Ho-Young Joo/People's Strength (Last September): We have all the conflict of interest issues resolved this time, and we actively reviewed the conflict of interest laws in the bill...

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Listening to the words, it seemed that we would come up with measures to prevent conflicts of interest anytime soon, but as you know, that was the only time.

In the spirit of the need for constant attention and pressure from public opinion, we focused on the actual situation and alternatives to why the conflict of interest prevention law was not created.

Reporter Im Sang-beom will look at the report first and continue.

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[January 28, 2019 8News: I came at the forefront of making Gimcheon Station the second Daejeon Station, but it turned out that I had a 4-story building right in front of the station.]

In January of last year, Gimcheon This is a report on the local congressman Song Eon-seok.

There was a great deal of criticism that there was a conflict between the district's activity to attract railway stations and the private interest of owning nearby real estate.

What happened after that.

Song, who succeeded in re-election, is still a member of the National Land Commission even in the 21st National Assembly.

[Song Eon-Seok/ Member of the National Land Commission (Last October, Director General): Is the progress of the Southern Inland Railway going well?

The railroad needs to be completed quickly, but the Mungyeong-Gimcheon section has not been confirmed.]

In June and December of this year, discussions on inland railroads were also held.

In fact, with the budget of 87.8 billion won next year for railroad construction, connection projects, and national highway expansion, Gimcheon is excited about the development expectations.

[Nearby Real estate: place to walk the placards dwaetdago confirmed inter inland railway to the government office here, Ltd. Would not climb equal to the Start

sending lawmakers then gimcheon station Route 3, the scale 1 80 million square meters nearby in addition to the front mall which was pointed out They also own the land.

As you can see, this land owned by Congressman Song is about 100 meters away from Route 3 in a straight line.

As this road expands, you can immediately benefit from it.

We asked for interviews several times to ask if we should evade the National Territory Authority or trust the real estate, but Song did not respond.

One of the new things I confirmed while covering the criticism afterwards was the long-standing rental income of Rep. Park Deok-heum, who even withdrew due to criticism of a conflict of interest.

There are two model houses in the Jamsil area of ​​the couple's.

After lease and re-lease, the rent per month for a model house reaches around 100 million won.

Rep. Park, who receives huge rental income from construction companies, has been working on the National Territory Committee closely related to the interests of construction companies for over five years until recently.

[Gimheondong / gyeongsilryeon Director: There are hanging conflict of interest in possession that the person who acts that must be monitored in a direct and Housing Standing Committee lent this going to contractors considerably]

night lawmakers 10 years ago the land to the SBS confirmed coverage After lending it, it has been revealed that it has not been involved and that it has never been legislated for the benefit of construction companies.

(Video coverage: Yoo-hyuk Yoo, Yang Doo-won, Joo Yong-jin, video editing:

Jeon Min-gyu

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Let's talk a little more with reporter Im Sang-beom who covered this.

[Reporter Sang-beom Lim: When the so-called Kim Young-ran Act was enacted in 2013, it was necessary to review the extent to which conflict of interest should be viewed in a wide range of legislative activities.

Due to the lack of this clear legal provision, controversy continues in the political world.

For example, Rep. Kang Seon-Woo of the Health and Welfare Committee called a representative of a venture company whose spouse is thankful to a debate in the National Assembly hosted by him.

Rep. Kang answered that it is not a conflict of interest because it is a non-executive auditor who does not have stock and does not receive salaries, but civic groups point out that the core of the Conflict of Interest Prevention Act is not whether or not to receive profits.] 

[Reporter Sangbeom Lim: Let’s look at the statistics for a moment.

Among the stockholders of 30 million won or more in the 21st National Assembly, 27 lawmakers were judged by the Ministry of HR Innovation as having a job relationship with the standing committee's activities.

In addition, 12 multi-household members are among the members of the National Territory Committee and the Technical Committee that deal with real estate policies.

Some politicians have argued against the Conflict of Interest Prevention Act, saying that the activities of the standing committee utilizing their expertise may be reduced. Experts rebut this

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It is such a system that allows post-mortem surveillance by providing basic information on legislative activities rather than restrictions on legislative activities.]

[Reporter Sangbeom Lim: The willingness of politicians to hang bells on their necks can restore self-reliance. It will be the way.]