Democratic Party R&D Budget Increase and People Power Party Response in National Assembly

Capitol. Hankyoreh

On the 14th, the Democratic Party of Korea passed the budget review subcommittee of the Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee of the National Assembly on its own, increasing next year’s research and development (R&D) budget by 800 billion won compared to the government plan. On this day, members of the Democratic Party’s Budget and Defense Committee independently voted on the 2024 budget plan for the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Korea Communications Commission, and the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission. People Power Party lawmakers left just before voting on the budget. The Democratic Party net increased the budget of the Ministry of Science and ICT by about 800 billion won compared to the original government plan. From the budget originally prepared by the government, KRW 1.16 trillion was reduced in areas such as strengthening cutting-edge bio global capabilities, and this was reorganized into the research and development (R&D) budget, increasing by KRW 2 trillion to cover operating expenses for science and technology researchers and student labor costs at the four major science and technology institutes. did. The Korea Communications Commission’s budget plan increased the budget to support Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) foreign broadcasting and Korea Educational Broadcasting (EBS) program production, and reduced the budget related to ‘fake news’ regulation. Members of the Democratic Party’s budget subcommittee held a press conference immediately after voting on the budget and said, “The Democratic Party has reversed the R&D budget cuts of Yoon Seok-yeol,” and “Instead of drastically reducing unnecessary expenses and budgets, we will restore the reduced labor costs for young researchers and ensure the continuation of researchers in the field of science and technology.” “We did our best to secure the budget for the project,” he said. Members of the People Power Party issued a statement, saying, “The subcommittee review of the 2024 fiscal year budget plan for the National Defense Commission failed to reach an agreement due to the tyranny of the Democratic Party and ended with the Democratic Party’s sole resolution,” adding, “Key R&D projects worth hundreds of billions of won were cut, and the hands and feet of the Korea Communications Commission were tied.” He said, “It clearly showed the behavior of political review that we are trying to abandon.” Reporter Son Hyun-soo [email protected]
2023-11-14 12:21:22
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