“Government and Ruling Party Propose Veto on Nursing Act: Reasons and Criticisms Explained”

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The government and the ruling party have decided to propose to President Yoon Seok-yeol the exercise of the right to request reconsideration of the Nursing Act, that is, the exercise of the right to veto, through high-ranking party-government consultations.

I heard the reason why the Nursing Act breaks trust among healthcare workers and collapses the medical law system.

The Democratic Party criticized, “Is the ruling party in the government, which promised to enact the Nursing Act before the presidential election, hitting the back of the people?”

Reporter Minji Goo reports.

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Regarding the Nursing Act enactment bill passed by the National Assembly led by the Democratic Party, the government and the ruling party decided to propose a veto to the president.

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″The ruling party and the government agreed that the Nursing Act is a “legislative legislative act” that takes the lives of the people hostage, and that the damage will be the responsibility of the people.″

The government and the ruling party argued that the Nursing Act took away jobs from other positions and promoted discrimination, and criticized it as the ‘Egoism Act’ and the ‘Nursing Assistant Discrimination Act’.

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″There is a very high possibility that conflicts will expand due to the breakdown of trust and collaboration between occupations.

However, as if conscious of the opposition from the Nursing Association, etc., it announced that it would strive to improve the treatment of nurses through policies rather than bills.

Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Kyu-hong will also request the president to exercise his veto tomorrow.

President Yoon Seok-yeol is expected to accept it at the cabinet meeting the day after tomorrow, but in this case, it will be the second veto following the amendment to the Grain Management Act.

When the Nursing Act returns to the National Assembly, it is likely to be finally scrapped, just like the Yanggok Act.

The power of the people is a position that they will continue to negotiate with the opposition party separately from the request for reconsideration, but it seems that it will not be easy to reach an agreement as both sides are in a tight confrontation over the arbitration plan.

The Democratic Party criticized, “The government and the ruling party promised to enact the Nursing Act during the presidential election.”

As the Nursing Association is also expected to take group action after conducting member investigations, confusion in the medical field is expected to be inevitable.

In the midst of this, the party and government decided to improve facilities and supplement institutional devices to reduce fatal accidents in child protection zones, and to carry out a special crackdown on drunk driving by the end of this month.

This is MBC News Koo Min-ji.

Video coverage: Kim Dong-se / Video editing: Lee Sang-min