President Yoon to Hold Meeting with National Assembly Leadership in August (Update)

"Looking Forward to a Candid Conversation"... Meeting with Ruling and Opposition Leaders Seems Unlikely

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[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] President Yoon Seok-yeol is planning to meet with the newly formed Speaker's Panel of the National Assembly.

On the 25th, a presidential office official stated at the Yongsan Presidential Office briefing, "At today's Chief Secretary meeting presided over by the President, a proposal was made to hold a dinner with the Speaker's Panel." The official explained that the National Assembly's schedule must be considered first and that sufficient discussions with the Assembly are necessary, adding, "We plan to arrange a meeting sometime in August."

The official also conveyed President Yoon's position, saying, "He hopes it will be an opportunity to have an open and candid conversation with the Speaker's Panel." Earlier, after receiving news last week of the agreement on the National Assembly's organizational negotiations, the presidential office announced that President Yoon would meet with the Assembly's Speaker's Panel as soon as possible.

On the 22nd, the ruling and opposition parties completed the organization of the second half of the 21st National Assembly, 54 days after the first half ended. The contentious Administrative Safety Committee and the Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee reached a compromise where the ruling and opposition parties will alternate chairmanship annually.

Accordingly, the presidential office expressed its intention to first promote a meeting between President Yoon and the Speaker's Panel, which had been delayed due to the prolonged organizational negotiations. A presidential office official said, "(President Yoon) thinks it would be good to meet the Speaker's Panel first and have a glass of soju," and plans to propose a meeting to the National Assembly considering the August vacation schedule.

However, a meeting between President Yoon and the leadership of the ruling and opposition parties will require more time. The People Power Party has not yet stabilized the acting leadership under floor leader Kwon Seong-dong following the disciplinary action against leader Lee Jun-seok, and the Democratic Party and the Justice Party are currently operating under emergency committees.

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