Democratic Party “Convenes an extraordinary session of the National Assembly to handle the Special Prosecutor Chae Sang-byeong Act, etc.” National Power “Solo Trailer”

Pressed to hold a plenary session on the 2nd and 28th of next month, Chairman Kim Jin-pyo said, “Agreement between the ruling and opposition parties takes priority.”

On the 26th, the Democratic Party of Korea submitted a request to convene an extraordinary session of the National Assembly in May and pressured Democratic Party Speaker Kim Jin-pyo and the People Power Party to hold two plenary sessions of the National Assembly on the 2nd and 28th of next month. The Democratic Party plans to pass the ‘Corporal Chae Special Prosecution Act’, the Itaewon Disaster Special Act, and the Special Act on Jeonse Fraud at the plenary session. In response, the People Power Party protested, saying, “The Democratic Party’s unilateral attempt to hold a plenary session is an outrage that destroys parliamentary democracy.” Chairman Kim, who holds the key to opening the plenary session, is in the position that “agreement between the ruling and opposition parties comes first,” and the war between the ruling and opposition parties is increasing.

Park Joo-min, senior vice floor leader of the Democratic Party, visited the National Assembly headquarters’ Ophthalmology Department this morning and submitted a request to convene an extraordinary session of the National Assembly from April 30 to May 29. Senior floor leader Park said, “We will hold a plenary session next month to re-vote the Itaewon special law and make sure to pass the amendment to the special law on lease fraud and the special prosecution law for Corporal Chae.” According to the National Assembly Act, a special session of the National Assembly is convened at the request of more than one-fourth of the registered members. However, the authority to open a plenary session during the extraordinary session of the National Assembly rests with the Speaker of the National Assembly.

The Democratic Party put pressure on Speaker Kim, saying, “If the Speaker does not hold a plenary session even though an extraordinary session has been convened, it is a violation of the National Assembly Act.” Floor leader Hong Ik-pyo said at the Supreme Council meeting, “Article 76, Article 2 and 1 of the National Assembly Act stipulates that the plenary session be held every Thursday at 2 p.m. If this is violated, all members of the National Assembly, including the Speaker of the National Assembly and representatives of negotiating groups, will be violating the National Assembly Act.” “He said. The Democratic Party announced that ‘a plenary session and a general meeting of lawmakers will be held on May 2nd.’

Accordingly, an official from the National Assembly Speaker’s Office said, “It is necessary to process the backlogged bills,” but added, “As is customary, the ruling and opposition parties have agreed to hold a plenary session. “We will try to persuade the ruling party until the end,” he said. There is also a sense of displeasure within the Speaker’s office that the Democratic Party put pressure on Speaker Kim, citing “violation of the National Assembly Act.”

The People Power Party protested, saying, “It seems like we are watching a preview that he will dominate the 22nd National Assembly intoxicated with the election victory.” Lee Yang-soo, senior vice-president of the People Power Party, held a briefing and said, “There has never been a single consultation between the ruling and opposition party’s senior floor leaders regarding the agenda of the plenary session, and Chairman Kim has not expressed his intention separately,” adding, “It has destroyed the cooperation between the ruling and opposition parties in the National Assembly.” criticized.

People Power Party floor leader Yoon Jae-ok met with reporters after the in-house countermeasures meeting and reiterated his opposition to the Corporal Chae Special Prosecutor Act, saying, “A special prosecution is conducted after the investigative agency’s investigation is completed and there is a public evaluation that the investigation was insufficient or unfair.” . At the ruling party’s general meeting held on the 22nd, it was reported that Rep. Yoo Sang-beom, a pro-Yoon (pro-Yoon Seok-yeol) member, emphasized ‘agnosticism’ while explaining the problems with the Special Prosecutor Act on Corporal Chae at the request of the party leadership.

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