{"id":2203672,"date":"2024-01-31T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T23:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2203672"},"modified":"2024-01-30T18:10:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:10:43","slug":"yoons-veto-on-itaewon-bill-stirs-controversy-ahead-of-parliamentary-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/01\/yoons-veto-on-itaewon-bill-stirs-controversy-ahead-of-parliamentary-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoon\u2019s veto on Itaewon bill stirs controversy ahead of parliamentary elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplepowerparty.kr\/news\/comment_view\/BBSDD0002\/100089\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vetoed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a bill on Tuesday that sought a new investigation into the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2022\/10\/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-itaewon-tragedy-and-what-could-come-next\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022 Itaewon crowd crush<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, following its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theminjoo.kr\/main\/sub\/news\/view.php?brd=11&amp;post=1201613\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">endorsement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the main opposition Democratic Party (DP). The vetoed bill proposed establishing a special committee to reexamine the incident, which resulted in 159 deaths. The Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.go.kr\/opm\/news\/press-release.do?mode=view&amp;articleNo=156078\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">demanded the National Assembly reconsider<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the bill, arguing that the committee could undermine constitutional principles and compromise fairness and neutrality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Han assured stronger support for the victims and their families, including financial aid and medical expense coverage. However, the ruling People Power Party (PPP) opposes the bill, suggesting bias in the committee\u2019s composition favoring the DP and noting that an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/imnews.imbc.com\/replay\/2022\/nw1700\/article\/6429806_35729.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">investigation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has already been conducted. The DP <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theminjoo.kr\/main\/sub\/news\/view.php?brd=11&amp;post=1202000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">condemned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yoon\u2019s veto, arguing it signifies a lack of accountability and effort in seeking the truth of the Itaewon tragedy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoon\u2019s decision to veto the bill for a new investigation into the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush will likely exacerbate his already declining approval rating. The most recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallup.co.kr\/gallupdb\/reportContent.asp?seqNo=1454\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gallup Korea poll<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> indicates that Yoon\u2019s approval rating stands at 31%, with a disapproval rate of 63%. Concurrently, the PPP holds an approval rate of 36%, marginally higher than the DP at 35%. With South Korea\u2019s parliamentary elections approaching on April 10, these figures suggest a precarious political landscape for Yoon and his party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The families of the Itaewon crowd crush victims conducted a 0.86-mile (1.4 kilometers) march to the presidential office on Monday, marked by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2hrHJH0rkoM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">walking and Buddhist-style prostrations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in a public display of mourning and protest. Yoon\u2019s veto in the face of such protests could exacerbate his declining approval ratings further. After Yoon\u2019s veto was announced, a group representing the families of the Itaewon victims <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2thtqUJp_k\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">condemned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the government for prioritizing financial aid over truth-seeking. They labeled the Yoon administration as an \u201cunconstitutional government,\u201d a sentiment that could further alienate voters ahead of the parliamentary elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/domestic-politics\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Domestic Politics<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol vetoed a bill on Tuesday that sought a new investigation into the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush, following its endorsement by the main opposition Democratic Party (DP). The vetoed bill proposed establishing a special committee to reexamine the incident, which resulted in 159 deaths. The Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Han [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10407,"featured_media":2203673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-2203672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-briefings","tag-domestic-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yoon\u2019s veto on Itaewon bill stirs controversy ahead of parliamentary elections - KOREA PRO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/01\/yoons-veto-on-itaewon-bill-stirs-controversy-ahead-of-parliamentary-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yoon\u2019s veto on Itaewon bill stirs controversy ahead of parliamentary elections - KOREA PRO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol vetoed a bill on Tuesday that sought a new investigation into the 2022 Itaewon crowd crush, following its endorsement by the main opposition Democratic Party (DP). 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