Ruling and Opposition Parties Reach Agreement on Parliamentary Organization After 54 Days... Ruling Party Takes Public Administration Committee, Opposition Party to Swap for Science and ICT Committee After One Year
Kwon Seong-dong, Acting Leader of the People Power Party, and Park Hong-geun, Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, shake hands after announcing the agreement on the organization of the second half of the 21st National Assembly at a meeting of floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties held in the Speaker's Office of the National Assembly on the 22nd. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] The ruling and opposition parties agreed on the second half parliamentary organization on the 22nd.
Kwon Seong-dong, Acting Representative and Floor Leader of the People Power Party, and Park Hong-geun, Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, reached a final agreement on the second half parliamentary organization at a meeting chaired by National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo. The National Assembly was normalized 54 days after the first half session ended.
The contentious Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee and the Public Administration and Security Committee will be divided between the ruling and opposition parties for one year each. The People Power Party will take the chairmanship of the Public Administration and Security Committee, and the Democratic Party will take the Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Communications Committee, with a swap planned for next year.
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Kwon Seong-dong, Acting Leader of the People Power Party, and Park Hong-geun, Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, are revealing the agreement on the organization of the second half of the 21st National Assembly during a meeting of floor leaders from both parties, held on the 22nd in the Speaker's Office of the National Assembly, presided over by the Speaker. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@
View original imageIn addition, the ruling and opposition parties agreed on the formation of the Special Committee on Judicial Reform, the Special Committee on Political Reform, and the Special Committee on Pension Reform.
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