▲ 농업민생 4법 거부권 논의 규탄 기자회견  © 임미애 의원실

【브레이크뉴스 대구】진예솔 기자=한덕수 대통령 권한대행이 농업민생 4법에 대해 재의요구권(거부권)을 행사하면서 반발이 거세지고 있다.

‘쌀값 정상화 및 농업민생 4법 개정을 위한 비상행동’은 19일 한덕수 권한대행이 양곡관리법을 포함한 ▶농수산물 유통 및 가격안정에 관한 법률 ▶농어업재해보험법 ▶농어업재해대책법 등 농업 관련 법안들에 대해 거부권을 행사하자 성명서를 통해 비판에 나섰다.

이들은 “‘농업에는 여야가 따로 없다’는 농업계 통설이 이렇게 무색했던 정부는 없었다”며 “내란 공범 혐의자 한덕수 권한대행과 송미령 농식품부 장관을 포함한 국무위원에게 농업민생 4법에 대한 거부권 행사의 자격이 있나”라고 꼬집었다.

또한 “쌀값·한우 값 폭락, 생산비 폭등, 기후재난 등 계속되는 위기에도 현장과 야당의 요구는 무시하고 무분별한 농축산물 수입에 앞장선 농식품부는 기획재정부의 하수인으로 전락했다”며 “정부는 예산을 앞세워 농민단체를 갈라 치고, 여당은 합리적 대안도 없이 정부에 줄서기 바빴다”고 질타를 이어갔다.

그러면서 “정부의 무능으로 발생한 쌀값 폭락을 충분한 검증도 없이 강압적인 벼 재배 면적 8만ha 감축으로 모면하려는 시도는 자칫 미래 식량안보의 훼손으로 돌아올 수 있다”며 “한덕수 국무총리와 국무위원들은 반복되는 거부권 행사를 즉각 중단해야 한다”고 강조했다.

이들은 “후안무치하기 짝이 없는 거부권 행사에 대해 한덕수 대행과 송미령 장관에게 반드시 책임을 물을 것”이라며 “자격 없는 거부권 행사에 대해 농업민생 4법이 국회 본회의에서 재의결될 수 있도록 최선을 다해 노력하겠다”는 입장을 전했다.

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Acting President Han Deok-soo exercises veto on 4 agricultural and livelihood laws, growing backlash

[Break News Daegu] Reporter Jin Ye-sol = Farmers are increasingly protesting as Acting President Han Deok-soo exercises his right to request reconsideration (veto) on the 4 agricultural and livelihood laws.

On the 19th, the ‘Emergency Action for Normalizing Rice Prices and Revision of 4 Agricultural and Livelihood Laws’ issued a statement criticizing Acting President Han Deok-soo for exercising his veto on agricultural-related bills, including the Grain Management Act, the Agricultural and Fishery Products Distribution and Price Stabilization Act, the Agricultural and Fishery Disaster Insurance Act, and the Agricultural and Fishery Disaster Countermeasures Act.

They criticized, “There has never been a government that has made the common belief in the agricultural community that ‘there is no ruling or opposition party in agriculture’ so meaningless,” and “Do the State Council members, including Acting President Han Deok-soo and Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mei-ling, who are suspected of being accomplices in the rebellion, have the right to veto the four agricultural and livelihood laws?”

They also criticized, “Despite the ongoing crisis of plummeting rice and Korean beef prices, skyrocketing production costs, and climate disasters, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has ignored the demands of the field and the opposition party and has taken the lead in indiscriminately importing agricultural and livelihood products, degenerating into a lackey of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance,” and “The government has divided farmers’ groups by prioritizing the budget, and the ruling party has been busy lining up with the government without any reasonable alternatives.”

In doing so, they emphasized that “the attempt to cover up the collapse in rice prices caused by the government’s incompetence by forcibly reducing the rice cultivation area by 80,000 hectares without sufficient verification could easily end up undermining future food security,” and that “Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and the State Council members should immediately stop repeatedly exercising their veto.” They said, “We will definitely hold Acting President Han Duck-soo and Minister Song Mei-ling accountable for their shameless veto,” and “We will do our best to ensure that the four agricultural and livelihood laws are re-passed in the National Assembly plenary session regarding their unqualified veto.”