Opposition Delays Plenary Session to 4th... "Additional Negotiations Until Weekend" (Update)

"We Will Patiently Wait So That the People Power Party Can Submit a Concession Proposal"

[Asia Economy Reporters Oh Ju-yeon and Park Jun-i] The Democratic Party of Korea has decided to postpone the schedule for the July extraordinary National Assembly plenary session from the originally planned July 1 to July 4.

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On the 30th, the Democratic Party held a party meeting at the National Assembly in the afternoon and decided to temporarily suspend the plenary session scheduled for July 1 to elect the Speaker of the National Assembly unilaterally.

Park Hong-geun, the floor leader of the Democratic Party, explained at a press briefing after the meeting, "The Democratic Party originally proposed to start the extraordinary session from July, and had convened the plenary session for 2 p.m. tomorrow, but we have concluded to hold it at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 4, to elect the Speaker for the second half of the National Assembly."

Park added, "Until then, we will continue negotiations with the People Power Party more persistently and patiently wait for them to submit a concession proposal."

He emphasized, "Even though the Democratic Party announced its agreement to concede the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee to the People Power Party as per the previous floor leader agreement, the People Power Party has not presented any concession proposals since then. Given the heavy criticism over the parliamentary deadlock, we thought it was right to open the National Assembly as soon as possible to at least elect the Speaker and proceed with urgent legislation for public welfare, respond to security situations, and carry out essential processes such as confirmation hearings. Therefore, we requested to convene the July extraordinary session."

Park concluded, "We will wait one last time for the People Power Party’s concession," adding, "There was a consensus among the members that persuasion is necessary during this period, so we decided to postpone it to the 4th."

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