Sung Il-jong: "Ruling party with 190 seats, what is there to fear... We must show consideration for healthy checks and balances"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Seong Il-jong, a member of the Future United Party, raised his voice saying that the ruling party should yield the Legislation and Judiciary Committee to the opposition for "healthy checks and balances."

On the 4th, Seong appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' and said, "Since the 17th National Assembly, the Legislation and Judiciary Committee has been considerate toward the opposition."

He explained, "In the case of the United States, there is a House of Representatives and a Senate, so even if a bill is created and passed in the House, the Senate has the function to review it once more. However, we do not have a bicameral system," adding, "Therefore, since the 17th National Assembly, such a function was established in the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, and at that time, the Democratic Party, which was the opposition, requested to have the Legislation and Judiciary Committee."

Seong said, "I view the creation of this function positively. Institutionally, in the relationship between the ruling and opposition parties, it is a very good system for the development of democracy to have a mechanism that prevents the ruling party from running roughshod, filters the ruling party pushing through with numerical superiority, and adds one more democratic and institutional procedure," and pointed out, "The current issue is that the ruling party wants to abolish this self-review authority or take the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee."

Seong emphasized, "(Giving the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee to the opposition) is also a very important practice in democracy," and said, "The core issue is not a struggle for positions but that the opposition should be considered so that it can healthily check the ruling party."

Regarding the Democratic Party's claim to take the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, he criticized, "Give the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee to the opposition," and "The opposition has 103 seats, and the ruling party has 190 seats. What is there to fear?"

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