United Future Party Visits Speaker's Office in Protest... "Standing Committee Chair Election Must Be Canceled"

On the 16th, Kim Seong-won, the senior deputy floor leader of the United Future Party, and lawmakers forcibly assigned to standing committees visited Speaker Park Byeong-seok's office to protest. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 16th, lawmakers from the United Future Party visited National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seok in protest. This was in response to Speaker Park electing six standing committee chairs, including the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, and forcibly assigning United Future Party lawmakers to them. The United Future Party declared that they would boycott the standing committees.

Kim Seong-won, the United Future Party's senior deputy floor leader, said to reporters immediately after the protest visit to the Speaker's office, "We strongly protested against the unprecedented parliamentary outrage committed by the Speaker and the Democratic Party," and added, "We requested the immediate cancellation and withdrawal of the forcibly assigned standing committee members."

Deputy Floor Leader Kim stated, "We conveyed that we cannot participate in National Assembly activities in the forcibly assigned standing committees, and strongly urged once again that the Speaker should take responsibility and cancel the election of the standing committee chairs to normalize the National Assembly." He added, "We will not attend the standing committees."

Han Min-su, the National Assembly's chief public relations officer, said, "Do you think the public would see the dispute between the ruling and opposition parties over the chair positions of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee and others as a problem? The public's will is for the National Assembly to resolve urgent economic and security issues," and added, "He asked to support creating conditions for dialogue and negotiation with the United Future Party lawmakers."

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