野 "Yellow Envelope Act veto?…Didn't Yoon promise to respect the National Assembly?"

Environment and Labor Committee's Lee Eun-ju of Justice Party MBC Interview
"90 Days of Judiciary Committee Neglect... Direct Referral to Plenary Session"

Amid speculation that President Yoon Suk-yeol will exercise his "third veto" on the so-called "Yellow Envelope Act (Amendment to the Labor Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act)," which was decided to be directly referred to the plenary session solely by the opposition party, Lee Eun-ju, a member of the Justice Party belonging to the National Assembly's Environment and Labor Committee (Hwan-no-wi), stated, "(President Yoon) clearly promised to respect the National Assembly's discussions."

In an interview with MBC Radio's "Kim Jong-bae's Focus" on the 25th, Rep. Lee said, "When President Yoon came to the National Assembly for the policy speech last October, I asked him directly. I said there is talk about vetoing the Yellow Envelope Act, and he replied, 'I have never talked about vetoing,' and promised, 'I will respect the National Assembly's discussions.' So, I am very disappointed."

Eunju Lee, Justice Party member./Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Rep. Lee pointed out that although the Yellow Envelope Act was not originally on the agenda of the full Environment and Labor Committee meeting the day before, the opposition party forced a direct referral to the plenary session, saying, "At the full Environment and Labor Committee meeting on April 25 last month, there was already much talk about the need for direct referral, and that was the point when the Yellow Envelope Act had already been sent to the Legislation and Judiciary Committee (Law Committee) for more than 60 days." She added, "The People Power Party refused to even negotiate between the floor leaders on this issue. Another month has passed like that."

She continued, "Then, according to the National Assembly Act, if three-fifths of the total members vote in favor by secret ballot, the procedure to refer the bill to the plenary session is followed. That is why the vote was held yesterday," and rebutted, "Did they lock people in a room and force them to stamp? The People Power Party thoroughly boycotted the discussions."

Regarding the People Power Party's announcement of filing a constitutional review petition, Rep. Lee said, "A constitutional review petition is an issue when, for example, the Law Committee members' authority for systematic and comprehensive review is infringed upon." She added, "However, Chairman Kim Do-eup of the Law Committee neglected the Environment and Labor Committee's bills for the past 90 days. The Law Committee chairman neglected them, so I cannot understand where and how the authority was infringed."

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