Kids Take a Stand: Elementary School Students Spark National Movement with ‘Korean Signboard Law’ Petition
‘Korean Signboard Law’ Petitioned by Elementary School Students Proposed in National Assembly
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A law petitioned by elementary school students is introduced in the National Assembly.
On the 24th, Democratic Party of Korea member Jeong Jun-ho (Buk-gu, Gwangju) accepted a petition signed by 150 fourth-grade students from Gwangju Gakhwa Elementary School and Bitgoeul Elementary School, asking for more Korean signs, in handwritten letters.
▲ A petition written by 150 4th grade students from Gwangju Gakhwa Elementary School and Bitgoeul Elementary School, asking for more Korean signs [더불어민주당 정준호(광주 북구갑) 의원실]
The petition bill contains an amendment to the Outdoor Advertisement Act called the ‘Gakhwa-Bitgoeul Hangul Signboard Act.’
This is the first time in the 22nd National Assembly that elementary school students, who are petitioners, have directly submitted a bill.
In early July, a handwritten letter from the students arrived at the office with a petition saying, “Please increase the number of Korean signs,” and “We want to see many pretty signs written in Korean.”
▲ A petition written by 150 4th grade students from Gwangju Gakhwa Elementary School and Bitgoeul Elementary School, asking for more Korean signs [더불어민주당 정준호(광주 북구갑) 의원실]
Rep. Jeong Jun-ho invited the petitioners to the National Assembly and decided to submit the bill together to the Legislative and Legislation Division, hoping that they would be able to experience firsthand the process of having their demands, as citizens, delivered to the National Assembly members with the right to propose a bill and then led to the introduction of an actual bill, since the elementary school students had personally written the petition.
The bill is scheduled to be submitted to the National Assembly on the 25th, with the attendance of nine elementary school student representatives.
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