With "Amendment to the National Assembly Act by the Opposition, an Act of Election Protest"

"To Keep It Under the Yoon Seok-yeol Government's Feet"
"Yoon's Veto Exercise Will Be Based on the Separation of Powers"

Seong Il-jong, Chairman of the Policy Committee of the People Power Party, is attending the floor countermeasure meeting held at the National Assembly on the 14th and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Hyun-ji] The Democratic Party of Korea is pushing for an amendment to the National Assembly Act that would grant the National Assembly the right to request revisions to government enforcement ordinances. On the 14th, the People Power Party strongly criticized this move, calling it an "act of refusing to accept the presidential election results."

Seong Il-jong, the policy chief of the People Power Party, said at a floor strategy meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, "The Yoon Seok-yeol administration, which was launched while the National Assembly is dominated by the major opposition party, has no choice but to carry out state affairs through presidential decrees and other means. However, the Democratic Party is trying to block even that and completely put the Yoon Seok-yeol government, elected by the people, under their control."

Democratic Party lawmaker Cho Eung-cheon is preparing an amendment to the National Assembly Act that states, "If a standing committee of the National Assembly determines that a presidential decree, prime ministerial decree, or subordinate decree does not conform to the purpose or content of the law, it may request the head of the relevant administrative agency to revise or change it." The People Power Party points out that this is an attempt to strengthen control over administrative legislation. Under the current National Assembly Act, if a presidential decree, prime ministerial decree, or subordinate decree violates the law, the head of the relevant administrative agency can be notified of the content.

Policy Chief Seong emphasized, "Article 107 of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea stipulates that 'Judicial review shall be conducted on administrative orders that violate the law.' The Democratic Party's bill, which intends for the legislative branch to determine the legality of presidential decrees and other administrative orders, has a high possibility of being unconstitutional."

Chief Spokesperson Kim Hyung-dong also said on CBS Radio that day, "The constitutional spirit is that the executive branch, headed by the president, can autonomously create and implement administrative legislation. It seems that the intention is to transfer the authority to control legislation in advance to the National Assembly when legislation is anticipated, which implies that the National Assembly is above the executive branch. This goes against the spirit of separation of powers and the constitution of our country, which is the general opinion of opponents."

Regarding whether President Yoon Seok-yeol will exercise his veto power, he explained, "It is difficult to hastily say whether it is a veto or not at this time. I think the standard for judging unconstitutionality and veto power is whether the law passed by the National Assembly violates the constitutional system of separation of powers."

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