Confirmed COVID-19 Case Among People Power Party Staff... National Assembly Budget Subcommittee Meeting Also Canceled

The Budget Subcommittee Holds First Meeting Today, Afternoon Session Canceled Completely
Visit by Sing Haiming, Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Also Canceled

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jin-young] A member of the People Power Party (the new name of the United Future Party) tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), leading to the cancellation of the National Assembly Budget and Accounts Special Committee's settlement review subcommittee meeting on the afternoon of the 3rd.

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On that day, the settlement review subcommittee held its first meeting from 10 a.m. in a small conference room in the main building to discuss the 2019 fiscal year settlement. The subcommittee planned to resume the meeting at 3 p.m. after the morning session, but the meeting was canceled due to the confirmed COVID-19 case.

Subcommittee Chairman Chu Kyung-ho announced in the afternoon, "Today's meeting will not be resumed," and added, "Tomorrow's (the 4th) meeting will be notified later according to the National Assembly's policy." Chairman Chu also mentioned, "The schedule is until the 8th." The subcommittee had planned to complete the review on the 7th and approve the settlement bill.

Other National Assembly schedules were also fully canceled due to the confirmed case. At 4:30 p.m. that day, the visit of Chinese Ambassador to Korea Xing Haiming to Song Young-gil, chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of China's Victory Day was canceled.

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