Ruling and Opposition Parties, Final Negotiation on Parliamentary Organization Today... Will They Reach a Dramatic Agreement?

On the afternoon of the 26th, National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seok is meeting with Kim Tae-nyeon, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Joo Ho-young, the floor leader of the United Future Party, in the Speaker's office at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyeong aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] The ruling and opposition parties will make a final attempt to negotiate the National Assembly's organizational structure on the 28th. Kim Tae-nyeon, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Joo Ho-young, floor leader of the United Future Party, will meet in the afternoon at the National Assembly, presided over by Speaker Park Byeong-seok, to discuss the distribution plan for standing committee chairpersons.

The key issue is the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee. One proposal on the negotiation table is for the ruling and opposition parties to alternate holding the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee during the four-year term of the 21st National Assembly. During the meeting on the 26th, the two parties also attempted to reach an agreement on sharing the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee but failed to resolve their differences.

Speaker Park announced that regardless of the negotiation results between the ruling and opposition parties, he will convene a plenary session at 2 p.m. on the 29th and begin the procedure to elect standing committee chairpersons for the processing of the third supplementary budget bill.

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