National Assembly to Vote on Election of Six Standing Committee Chairs Including the Judiciary Committee Chair

Speaker of the National Assembly Park Byeong-seok is attending the '20th Anniversary of the June 15 Joint Declaration Democratic Party Commemoration Event' held at the National Assembly on the 15th, greeting Representative Lee Hae-chan. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ji-hee] The National Assembly will hold a vote at 6 p.m. on the 15th in the plenary session to elect the chairpersons of 6 out of the 18 standing committees.

The Secretariat of the National Assembly announced the agenda for the election of the 6 standing committee chairpersons around 4 p.m. on the same day. The standing committees subject to the vote are the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, the Strategy and Finance Committee, the Industry, Trade, Energy, Small and Medium Business Committee, the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, the Health and Welfare Committee, and the National Defense Committee.

The Democratic Party of Korea and the United Future Party continued their standoff over the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee until the afternoon. In this situation, Speaker Park Byeong-seok decided to first elect only some of the chairpersons allocated to the Democratic Party. As a result, strong opposition from the United Future Party side is expected.

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