Jeong Woo-taek's Election as National Assembly Deputy Speaker Postponed to the 10th of Next Month... ruling party says "What Grudge Does the Democratic Party Have?"

Joo Ho-young "Park Hong-geun conveyed regrets due to strong hardline opinions within the party"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The schedule to elect Representative Jung Woo-taek (5-term) as the ruling party's Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly has been postponed to the 10th of next month.

On the 27th, during a members' meeting held before the plenary session in the afternoon, Joo Ho-young, the floor leader of the People Power Party, said, "For some reason, the Democratic Party said 'we can't do it today,' but just now they promised to do it on November 10th, so it has been delayed."

Floor leader Joo also said, "Park Hong-geun, the floor leader of the Democratic Party, conveyed that there were strong opinions within the party, so they could not proceed, which is regrettable."

The National Assembly had originally planned to elect Representative Jung as the Deputy Speaker for the second half of the 22nd National Assembly during the plenary session that afternoon, but no agreement on the schedule was reached between the ruling and opposition party leaders until the morning.

Floor leader Joo requested cooperation from the Democratic Party again during the emergency committee meeting that day, but it ultimately failed.

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