People Power Party "Democratic Party Aims to Monopolize Legislation Committee Chair... Concerns Over Second Half National Assembly Vacancy"

Heo Eun-a "Democratic Party did not keep the principle that the People Power Party would take the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee in the second half"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Hyun-joo] On the first day of the second half of the 21st National Assembly on the 30th, the People Power Party criticized the opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, saying, "The National Assembly is facing a vacuum as the Speaker and standing committees have not been formed."

Heo Eun-ah, spokesperson for the Central Election Countermeasures Committee, stated in a commentary on the day, "All of this is because the Democratic Party did not adhere to the principle of the July last year 'Yun Ho-jung-Kim Gi-hyun' agreement, which stipulated that the distribution of standing committees in the second half would follow the number of seats of negotiation groups, but the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee would be held by the People Power Party."

Spokesperson Heo pointed out, "Park Hong-geun, the floor leader of the Democratic Party, is shifting the blame to the People Power Party, saying there is 'not even a fingernail's worth of responsibility' for the delay in electing the second half's Speaker and organizing the floor," adding, "Even Yun Ho-jung, emergency committee chairman of the Democratic Party who directly signed the agreement at the time, shamelessly talks about reconsidering the organization of the second half."

He continued, "The only difference between the past and present is that the Democratic Party has become the opposition," and criticized, "Is the Democratic Party's spirit of agreement 'right now is right, but then was wrong' depending on political convenience?"

He also said, "In the first half of the 21st National Assembly, the Democratic Party broke the precedent of the past 16 years by monopolizing the Speaker and the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee," and added, "The Democratic Party's one-party monopoly of the Speaker and Legislation and Judiciary Committee chairmanship is nothing but greed to continue one-party dominance of the legislative branch."

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