'Blocking "Wijaeng Taldang"... Yoon Han-hong Proposes National Assembly Act Amendment for Agenda Adjustment Committee'

"Change from 'Not belonging to the 1st negotiation group' to '2nd negotiation group'"

Yoon Han-hong, Member of the People Power Party [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] A revision bill to the National Assembly Act has been proposed to prevent the nullification of the Agenda Adjustment Committee through loopholes such as 'fake party switching.'

According to political circles on the 15th, Yoon Han-hong, a member of the People Power Party belonging to the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly, recently proposed a revision bill to the National Assembly Act that changes the composition of the Agenda Adjustment Committee members from an equal number of ruling and opposition party members to an equal number of members from the first and second negotiation groups.

Article 57-2, Paragraph 4 of the current National Assembly Act stipulates that when forming the Agenda Adjustment Committee, the number of adjustment committee members from the first negotiation group with the largest number of affiliated members and the number of adjustment committee members not belonging to the first negotiation group must be equal. Therefore, the first negotiation group could select adjustment committee members not belonging to the first negotiation group by utilizing lawmakers who left the first negotiation group or lawmakers from minor parties with similar tendencies.

To block this, the proposed revision aims to compose the number of adjustment committee members belonging to the first and second negotiation groups equally, effectively forming a 3-to-3, equal number of ruling and opposition members Agenda Adjustment Committee.

In a press release, Representative Yoon said, "The Democratic Party repeatedly uses all kinds of loopholes and tricks to unilaterally and forcibly pass bills that the opposition party is concerned about and opposes, such as the 'complete prosecution reform' bill," adding, "Nullifying the Agenda Adjustment Committee through loopholes seriously undermines the legislative intent of the National Assembly Act and is completely contrary to the spirit of consensus, so it is an issue that must be corrected."

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