From Se-hoon “I don’t think of Jeon Jang-yeon as a socially disadvantaged person”
Jeon Jeon-yeon “Are we strong socially?”
Public meeting scheduled at Seoul City Hall on February 2nd
▲ On the morning of the 25th, Park Gyeong-seok, representative of the National Unity for the Elimination of Discrimination against People with Disabilities (Jeon Jang-yeon), speaks at Hyehwa Station in Seoul. 2023.1.25 Yonhap News
Regarding the National Coalition for the Elimination of Discrimination against People with Disabilities (Jeon Jang-yeon), which has continued protests on and off the subway, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said, “I don’t think Jeon Jang -yeon is socially disadvantaged.” On the 31st, Jeon Jeon-yeon asked Mayor Oh’s comments, “Are we socially strong?”
● Sehun O “Citizens who have suffered unexpected losses are socially disadvantaged”
At the New Year’s press conference the day before, Mayor Oh said, “Citizens who suffer unpredictable damage and loss due to subway operation delays under unforeseen circumstances are the socially disadvantaged.”
▲ Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon holds a New Year press conference at Seoul City Hall on the morning of the 30th. 2023.1.30 Yonhap News
Mayor Oh said, “It’s clear that people with disabilities are the weak, but in that sense, this kind of protest along with subway delays can no longer be tolerated.”
Then, referring to the British BBC, he said, “The ratio of the London subway and the New York subway that is not equipped with an elevator used by people with disabilities to move is said to be between 69% and 71%.” He pointed out, “In contrast, statistics show that the rate of elevators not installed in Seoul is about 5%.”
Mayor Oh said, “I promised to install everything by next year, and it’s going well.”” he emphasized.
At the same time, Mayor Oh said, “If Jeon Jang-yeon participates in a protest along with subway delays as a means of fulfilling their demands, the city of Seoul will never tolerate it.” I intend to accept it,” he said.
● Jeon Jeon-yeon “A person in power who divides citizens and the disabled”
On this day, Jeon Jeon-yeon published a comment titled ‘Mayor Oh Se-hoon distorts objective facts, not a conversational attitude’.
In the commentary, Jeon Yeon-yeon asked back, “Are we strong socially?” when Mayor Oh said, “I don’t think (Jeon Jang-yeon) is socially disadvantaged.” At the same time, he said, “The position revealed by Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon comes as a man of power who is about to go to war, dividing ‘citizen and disabled’ and ‘disabled and disabled’.”
▲ On the morning of the 25th, at Hyehwa Station in Seoul, the National Unity for the Elimination of Discrimination against People with Disabilities (Jeon Jang-yeon) shouts related slogans during a subway propaganda war. 2023.1.25 Yonhap News
Jeon Jeon also criticized Mayor Oh for distorting objective facts about the subway ride protest and the budget for the rights of the disabled.
Responding to Mayor Oh’s claim that “the rate of uninstalled elevators in the Seoul subway is around 5%, which is not at a low international level,” the group said, “Seoul subway elevators are subject to a number of fines and judicial actions that Jeon Jeon paid from 2001 until it went down the subway tracks.
Jeon Jeon also demanded that Mayor Oh “clarify the basis” for saying that 70-80% of the budget for de-institutionalisation, which has advantages and disadvantages, is 70-80% of the budget for rights people with disabilities.
Jeon Jeon and Mayor Oh are scheduled to hold a public meeting at Seoul City Hall on the afternoon of the 2nd of next month. Regarding the exclusive meeting with Mayor Oh, Jeon Yeon-yeon said, “Even if the city of Seoul is doing a formal ‘show’ talk, Jeon Yeon-yeon will do her best to make it a rational dialogue on for social solutions.”
Reporter Kim Min-ji
