After the rain, there are safety accidents one after another on banners
Streets in front of the National Assembly are also polluted by provocative phrases
There are also complaints of protest over political party banners
Recently, it is easy to see banners put up by political parties on the streets even though it is not an election railway.
This is because the National Assembly has largely loosened regulations on banners for political parties, but when problems ranging from safety accidents to various civil complaints surged, they hurriedly set out to change the law again in just four months of implementation.
Reporter Eom Yoon-ju looked around the scene.
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The poles supporting the banners protruded, and the taut string was exposed on the street.
A political party has hung more than 100 banners at once saying that it criticizes the government, but it is a level of fear for those who come and go.
[김주연 / 서울 응암동 : 횡단보도 한가운데 (현수막이) 붙어있는 경우도 있어서 그런 경우에는 신호가 안 보이니까 사람들이 차 신호를 보고 건넌다든지….]
As the situation continues, related accidents such as getting caught in the string of banners and falling streetlights continue.
[구본근 / 행정안전부 지역기반정책관 : 안전사고가 행안부에서 파악하기로는 5건이 발생한 바 있습니다. 3건의 경우 주로 현수막에 설치된 끈에 목과 발에 걸려서….]
Content is also an issue.
As each party criticizes each other and writes more and more irritating phrases, it has been a long time since the banner on the street in front of the National Assembly called the Hall of the People has been polluted.
[정인택 / 서울 신도림동 : 눈에 거슬리는 문구들이 많아요. 반대 생각도 많을 텐데 굉장히 불쾌감을 느낄 때가 많이 있고.]
In addition, there are protests such as covering shop signboards with party banners that hang from street trees and traffic light poles whenever there is a gap.
In fact, related complaints have more than doubled compared to before the law was changed.
[성재영 / 서울 서대문구 도시경관과 주무관 : 저희가 해당 정당에 요청했는데 해당 정당이 들어주지 않을 때는 저희가 어떻게 할 수 있는 방법이 없다 보니까.]
Despite the district office’s request to refrain, the banner is still easy to find.
Initially, party banners had to be reported like regular banners and could only be hung in designated places, but last year the National Assembly changed the relevant laws and released all related regulations.
The banner of the political party was made so that it could be hung without any place restrictions without reporting, but the only restriction was the enforcement decree that required the party name to be used and installed within 15 days.
This is why governments and local governments, which need to crack down immediately, are pouring in requests to re-create the law.
[김정현 / 시장·군수·구청장 협의회 전문위원 : 정당 현수막 부분에 있어서는 정당 활동의 자유가 주민 안전의 권리라든가, 평등권, 영업의 자유, 환경권, 다른 법익과 조화롭고….]
As streets across the country turned into political party banner contests and various problems arose, the ruling and opposition parties hurriedly started discussing re-amendment just four months after the law went into effect.
However, some argue that crackdowns, not laws, are the problem, and it seems that it will take a considerable amount of time until the actual revision.
[이만희 / 국민의힘 의원 : 불과 4개월 만에 법안의 재개정 논의 자체가 사실은 좀 국회 차원에서 부끄러운 일이기도 하지만….]
[김교흥 / 더불어민주당 의원 : 행안부에서 가이드라인을 좀 더 명확하게 지자체가 해주고, 또 지자체는 그것을 제대로 이행했다면….]
It is pointed out that the situation in which they propose to change the law again after four months of implementation is due to the hasty legislation of the ruling and opposition parties who have coordinated their efforts to promote themselves.
Until a countermeasure comes out, the damage of having to endure the banner pollution is ultimately left to the people.
This is YTN Eom Yun-ju.
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