반환점 돈 국정감사...기재위•산업위 등 여야 격돌
The National Assembly's almost half-way through its audit of government ministries and state-run agencies.
Rival parties once again clashed over the income-led growth policy and the nuclear-free energy agenda.
Kim Mok-yeon has the latest from parliament.
In the spotlight of the parliament's government audit on Thursday was the finance committee.
Rival parties once again clashed over the government's income-led growth policies.
The ruling party says they're needed to address the country's structural problems.
"We need the income-led growth policy to stop the vicious cycle of low consumption, low production, low investment, and underemployment. If this does not work, our economy will move backwards and we will repeat our past mistakes."
The opposition, though, says the policies need to be scrapped because they're weighing on the vulnerable.
"According to a survey by Realmeter, many of the economically vulnerable say the policy is not effective. More than 60 percent of the total respondents agree on the need to scrap the policy or adjust its speed. I think we should seriously consider those options."
Over at the industry committee,... where the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Corporation was under the microscope,... rival lawmakers again debated the government's nuclear-free energy initiatives.
The opposition parties criticized President Moon's anti-nuclear policy, arguing that it's economically inefficient and could result in environmental damage.
Ruling party lawmakers argued back that a nuclear-dependent energy system could be more burdensome to the public, citing the losses recorded by one of Korea′s longest-running nuclear reactors, the Wolsong-1.
And at the Public Administration and Security committee,... the hot potato was the scandal involving the operator of the Seoul subway for giving job favors to relatives of its employees.
The opposition parties called for a parliamentary probe, while ruling party lawmakers and the Seoul city mayor said that they will await the outcome of the inspection, claiming that nothing has been confirmed yet.
Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang News.
