Gyeongnam General Election Disabled People's Solidarity "Disabled People Must Move as Citizens" ... 10 Policies Delivered to Each Party

The 2024 Gyeongnam General Election Disability Discrimination Abolition Solidarity held its launch rally on the afternoon of the 22nd at the fountain square of Jungwoo Shopping Center in Changwon and conducted a march to demand rights.

The Solidarity emphasized, "People with disabilities also want to move freely and work," and stated, "The 22nd general election should be an election that marks the transition to an era where people with disabilities move as citizens."

They described the era's tasks as ▲free movement for all ▲movement toward labor centered on rights ▲movement toward an era of living together with the local community through deinstitutionalization.

The 2024 Gyeongnam General Election Disability Discrimination Abolition Solidarity is conducting a street march.
[Photo by Lee Seryeong]

After the march, they visited the Gyeongnam Provincial Party Offices of the People Power Party, the Democratic Party of Korea, and the Green Justice Party to deliver the 2024 Gyeongnam Province Disability Rights Realization 10 Major Policy Pledges.

The policy pledges included ▲mandatory establishment of public responsibility care plans for adults and transitional developmental disabilities ▲institutionalization of community residential living services for people with developmental disabilities ▲expansion of policies guaranteeing the rights of women with disabilities ▲establishment of a support system for the independence of violence-affected people with disabilities ▲strengthening the mandatory introduction of low-floor buses for city and intercity buses ▲enactment of lifelong education for people with disabilities.

They also proposed ▲creation of 10,000 public jobs for people with severe disabilities and enactment of a special law ▲establishment of a community medical system for people with disabilities centered on public health centers ▲expansion of disability pension eligibility and benefits ▲revision of laws and systems related to housing for people with disabilities ▲amendment of the Public Official Election Act to guarantee voting rights for people with disabilities ▲increase in the budget for disability services.

At the intersection in front of the Gyeongnam Provincial Government Office, the 2024 Gyeongnam General Election Disability Discrimination Abolition Solidarity street march procession has stopped, and police officers are assisting with vehicle movement.
[Photo by Lee Seryeong]

The march started at the fountain square of Jungwoo Shopping Center in Changwon, passed Changwon City Hall, near Changwon Tax Office, the road in front of the provincial government office, and ended at the provincial council.

During the march, an unexpected situation occurred where the Solidarity stopped the procession for about 6 to 7 minutes in the middle of the intersection road in front of the Gyeongnam Provincial Government Office to continue their speeches.

This blocked vehicle movement in both directions, but the police riot squad motorcycles and patrol cars arrived and helped direct traffic with hand signals, quickly resolving the congestion.