Jeon Joohye: "Ruling Party Forcing Bills Without Debate or Consensus... Filibuster Needed"

Jeon Joohye Future United Party member. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy, Intern Reporter Kim Seulgi] As the National Assembly is scheduled to hold a full session of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee today (the 4th) to address follow-up bills related to real estate measures and the establishment of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), Jeon Joohye, a member of the Future United Party, stated on the 4th, "I am considering ways to counter the ruling party's reckless drive to push through half-baked bills by relying solely on their numbers, disregarding debate and consensus. A 'filibuster' might be the answer," she said.

On the same day, Representative Jeon wrote on her Facebook page, "Within the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, the ruling party continued to proceed unilaterally, using its numerical advantage. Even the committee's fundamental role of 'systematic and textual review' was left incomplete, swept aside by majority rule," she said.

As a member of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee from the United Party, Jeon further stated, "If a law is poorly made, it is difficult to amend later, and ultimately, the public bears the full brunt of the damage. 'Making good laws' is the original role of the National Assembly," adding, "Many of the bills passed by the committee yesterday were related to public taxes, such as the real estate capital gains tax, acquisition tax, comprehensive real estate holding tax, and the corporate tax for rental corporations."

She continued, "The effectiveness of these bills will not begin until January or June next year, so there is no urgency for the National Assembly to pass them immediately," adding, "Above all, these bills were brought up in an immature state without undergoing subcommittee review in the Strategy and Finance Committee, the Public Administration and Security Committee, or the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, and the procedural violations are severe."

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party plans to handle amendments to the Income Tax Act, Corporate Tax Act, and Comprehensive Real Estate Holding Tax Act-key real estate tax laws-at the plenary session scheduled for this afternoon at the National Assembly. In addition, follow-up bills related to the CIO, including designating the Legislation and Judiciary Committee as its relevant standing committee, are also set to be addressed.

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