Rep. Kim Gi-hyeon Introduces Bill Separating Party Affiliation of National Assembly Speaker and Judiciary Committee Chairperson

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Kim Ki-hyun, a member of the Future United Party, announced on the 17th that he will be the lead proposer of a partial amendment to the National Assembly Act that prohibits a member elected as the chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee from being elected if they do not belong to the same party as the member elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly. The amendment was co-proposed by 11 members, including Yoon Chang-hyun, Hong Seok-jun, Tae Young-ho, Park Sung-joong, Sung Il-jong, Kim Seung-soo, Kim Sung-won, Kwon Myung-ho, Bae Hyun-jin, and Hong Moon-pyo.

The amendment specifies that in the case of the chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, the election must be made from among the standing committee members who belong to the same party as the Speaker of the National Assembly held at the time of leaving the party according to Article 20-2 (Prohibition of Holding Party Affiliation by the Speaker) of the National Assembly Act, excluding other members.

The chairpersons of the standing committees of the National Assembly will also be distributed according to the proportion of members belonging to negotiation groups, and the Speaker will appoint standing committee members with the consent of the representative members of the negotiation groups. Representative Kim said, "Despite being the opposition party elected with 41.5% of the people's support, this amendment was proposed to counter the ruling party that dreams of parliamentary dictatorship by ignoring this."

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