Future United Party "Supports Temporary National Assembly Immediately After General Election, Opposes Supplementary Budget"

Future United Party candidate Hwang Kyo-ahn in Jongno, Seoul, appeals for support from citizens in front of Nakwon Arcade in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the 13th. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] The United Future Party expressed support for convening a special session of the National Assembly immediately after the general election but opposed the supplementary budget (chugyeong).

Kim Hyun-ah, the floor spokesperson for the United Future Party, stated on the 13th, "The Democratic Party of Korea requested the convening of a special session of the National Assembly in April today to pass the supplementary budget," adding, "The United Future Party also agrees on the necessity of convening the April special session immediately after the general election. However, the purpose of convening the April special session should not be to adopt a supplementary budget method that 'pays debt by incurring more debt,' which increases the burden on the people, but rather to urge the government to respond in a way that saves taxpayers' money and reduces their burden, and to devise countermeasures at the National Assembly level."

Spokesperson Kim continued, "The plan our party proposed to provide an immediate 500,000 won support to all citizens is not about incurring additional debt," explaining, "What we have consistently emphasized is to reallocate the expenditure items of this year's budget that could not be executed due to COVID-19 (budget restructuring) and secure resources without increasing the budget." This is a demand for President Moon Jae-in to invoke the emergency financial and economic command authority.

He also said, "In a national economic crisis, the most important thing is to overcome economic difficulties without burdening our citizens," and "

The plan proposed by our party is a practical measure that can be executed immediately, reducing administrative waste and ensuring no citizens are left behind."

He added, "Before the Democratic Party demands to convene a special session of the National Assembly to pass a supplementary budget that 'shifts debt to future generations' just two days before the election, I hope they urge President Moon Jae-in to immediately invoke the emergency financial and economic command authority stipulated in Article 76 of the Constitution."

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