Joo Ho-young: "No Negotiation on Committee Formation, Only Threats"... Urges 'Split of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the United Future Party, criticized the Democratic Party of Korea on the 8th, saying, "There was no negotiation for the organization of committees from the beginning, only threats regarding the organization of committees," and added, "The Democratic Party only threatened that they would unconditionally take the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, and if that was not agreed upon, they would take all 18 standing committee chairmanships."

At the emergency countermeasure meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Floor Leader Joo said, "The Democratic Party always emphasizes redistribution, saying that the wealthy should pay more taxes and make concessions to share with the poor, but I don't understand why they want to ignore the existing rules and take all the standing committees."

Regarding the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, Floor Leader Joo stated, "If the Democratic Party's claim to abolish the committee's authority to review the system and wording is accepted, conflicts or faulty bills will inevitably be produced," and added, "The Legislation and Judiciary Committee should be divided into the Legislation Committee and the Judiciary Committee, with 40 to 50 members participating in the Legislation Committee to review bills."

Regarding Speaker Park Byeong-seok's request to submit the standing committee assignment table, Floor Leader Joo said, "Since adjusting the number of members in standing committees is unavoidable, it is impossible to know how many members should be assigned to each committee, so submission is not possible," and added, "A special committee for revising the number of members in standing committees must be formed first."

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