The Democratic Party of Korea's task force for a great leap in the livelihood economy unveiled the fourth and fifth "Snap-on pledges," everyday life–focused policies aimed at the local elections. The packages include flexibly easing speed limits in school zones during late-night hours and expanding access to private restrooms.
The Democratic Party's fourth local election pledge, released on the 9th, calls for flexibly easing school zone speed limits during late-night hours. Regarding the fourth pledge, Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Lee Gwang-hee said, "We intend to pursue a plan to flexibly raise the late-night speed limit, when children rarely travel, to 50 kph," adding, "Rather than applying it uniformly to all areas, we will gradually expand it after comprehensively reviewing road structure, traffic volume, and accident trends."
Lee added, "Above all, safety is a nonnegotiable top priority," and said, "We will push this forward along with safety measures such as standardizing signage guidance."
As for the fifth pledge, Lee described it as a "policy to expand safe open restrooms," and explained, "Under the principle that the public sector shares the management burden when restrooms are opened, we will promote voucher provision and management support packages."
Lee also said, "We will build an online guidance system that allows people to check the locations of open restrooms at a glance to improve public convenience," adding, "Restroom issues may seem small, but they are the living infrastructure closest to citizens' lives."
The Democratic Party plans to adopt the Snap-on pledges as common pledges for its local election candidates and push to expand them nationwide.