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Ahead of the presidential election, politicians have delayed the legislation of the anti-discrimination law, which 100,000 people agreed to. It seems that he was conscious of the votes of conservative Protestants against the law.



Reporter Jun-mo Moon reports.



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anti-discrimination law entered the National Assembly review with the consent of 100,000 people.



One day before the review deadline on the 10th, the Judiciary Committee suddenly delayed the review by three years.



[Park Gwang-on/Chairman of the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary (last 9th): I want to ask the chairman to extend the (application review period) to May 29, 2024, do you have any objection? Yes, I declare that it has been passed.]



This bill contains provisions that prohibit discrimination in all areas, including religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity discrimination.



Conservative Christians have strongly opposed the legislation, arguing that religious criticism against homosexuality will be punished.



On the other hand, progressive civic groups refute that only prohibiting discrimination in employment and education, but not religious preaching or evangelism.



The '500km walking march' to urge legislation followed, and discussions at the National Assembly were gaining momentum.



The change in the atmosphere seems to have nothing to do with the huge bipartisan presidential candidates.



[Lee Jae-myung / Democratic Party Presidential Candidate (Last 8th): I think that it is not advisable to unilaterally and unilaterally deal with these issues (such as the anti-discrimination law).]



[Yoon Seok-yeol/People's Power Presidential Candidate (31st of last month): I think that the consensus of several people is needed to institutionalize (the prohibition of eating dog meat) into law.

Isn't it the same thing as the Anti-Discrimination Act?] The



Justice Party presidential candidate criticized the two candidates together.



[Sim Sang-jung / Justice Party presidential candidate (last 10 days): If you want to enact the anti-discrimination law later, do it later, too.] The



debate on the anti-discrimination law is expected to resume after the presidential election unless the attitude of politicians changes.