기획예산처 장관 만난 전장연…“출근길 시위, 24일 입장 밝힐 것”

The National Disability Discrimination Alliance (NDDA), known as 전장연, met with Planning and Budget Minister Park Hong-guen to request that the budget for disability rights be included in next year's budget plan. Minister Park was asked to halt the "out-of-home commute subway protest" that began on the way to work. NDDA President Park Geun-seok met with Minister Park for about an hour in a Seoul restaurant on the afternoon of the 19th.

This meeting followed Minister Park's posting of NDDA's statement about the out-of-home commute subway protest. NDDA requested that the out-of-home commute subway protest continue to be held in the next year's budget plan. Park Geun-seok informed reporters after the meeting that he had explained the details of each item requested and discussed its necessity.

He made it clear that it was not an agreement on the budget and that he would review Minister Park's request. Park Geun-seok stated that he would decide on NDDA's request to halt the out-of-home commute subway protest on the 24th. NDDA announced on the 19th that it would halt the out-of-home commute subway protest and will decide on whether to resume the protest on the 24th.

Minister Park posted on his Facebook page on the 20th that he requested protesters to stop the protest as it was causing disruptions to citizens' daily lives and was creating inconvenience. In his statement, Minister Park also said he would closely review the disability rights budget. NDDA then requested that Minister Park look into the history of the struggle against discrimination against disabled people before continuing the out-of-home commute protest.

NDDA stated that it hopes the government will take responsibility for including the disability rights budget in the 2027 government budget plan submitted to the National Assembly.