People Power Party: "Democratic Party's Attempt to Seize Judiciary Committee Chairmanship, the Height of Shamelessness"

Park Hyung-soo, Floor Spokesperson of the People Power Party, Holds Briefing at National Assembly on 6th
"Aiming to Complete 'Shield Legislation' Including Future Establishment of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency Act"

Park Kwang-on, Chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, is declaring the opening at the plenary meeting of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee held at the National Assembly on the 4th. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Geum Bo-ryeong] As the Democratic Party of Korea showed intentions to continue holding the Chairmanship of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee in the second half of the term, the People Power Party criticized this as 'shameless.' The Democratic Party is effectively signaling that it will break the original agreement to hand over the Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chairmanship to the People Power Party in the second half of the 21st National Assembly.

Park Hyung-soo, the floor spokesperson for the People Power Party, held a briefing at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 6th, stating, "Park Hong-geun, the floor leader of the Democratic Party, expressed in an interview with the media that they intend to renegotiate the second half floor organization to continue holding the Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chairmanship," adding, "The Democratic Party's attempt to seize the Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chairmanship is the height of shamelessness."

Park explained, "The floor organization of the National Assembly has traditionally followed the precedent since the 13th National Assembly where the majority party takes the Speaker position and the minority party takes the Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chairmanship, so that no single party monopolizes both positions," and added, "This was based on a consensus that it serves as a minimum check to prevent the majority party's unilateral dominance."

He continued, "The negotiation for the 21st National Assembly's second half standing committee chair distribution was to be based on the number of seats held by negotiation groups, with the Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chairmanship assigned to the People Power Party," noting, "This agreement was made between Yoon Ho-jung, the Democratic Party floor leader, and Kim Gi-hyeon, the People Power Party floor leader. However, now they are trying to seize the Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chairmanship again under the pretext of 'the opposition's right to check the ruling party.'"

He further criticized, "When they were the ruling party, they forcibly took the position to push through their legislative dominance, and now that they are the opposition, they claim the need for 'opposition's check on the ruling party' and are trying to seize the Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chairmanship again," adding, "Ultimately, the Democratic Party wants to control the National Assembly at will, which is nothing less than a return to parliamentary dictatorship."

Park stated, "The Democratic Party's shamelessness in breaking the floor organization agreement and trying to take the Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chairmanship is aimed at completing a 'shielded National Assembly,'" criticizing, "The presidential campaign slogan 'Protect Lee Jae-myung' materialized after the election defeat through the forced passage of 'complete removal of prosecution's investigative authority' (Geomsu Wanbak), and now with the seizure of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chairmanship, they aim to complete 'shielded legislation' such as the future establishment of the Central Investigation Agency."

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