Handonghun: "We will win the general election and reduce the number of lawmakers to 250"
Han Dong-hoon, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, stated on the 16th, "We will win this general election and be the first to propose and pass a law to reduce the number of National Assembly members from 300 to 250."
Chairman Han attended the New Year's meeting of the Incheon City Party held at a hotel in Gyeyang-gu, Incheon, and said, "I want to achieve political reform that meets the public's expectations through this general election."
Handonghun, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, is giving a greeting at the 'Incheon City Party New Year's Meeting' held at the Incheon Karis Hotel on the 16th. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@
View original imageHe added, "Whether the current number of 300 National Assembly members is appropriate or should be reduced, we have actually known for a long time how the public thinks about this," and said, "The issue is whether there is a party with the will and determination to take action or not. I want to ask the Democratic Party of Korea if they will oppose this again."
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He claimed, "If (the Democratic Party) does not oppose, the number of National Assembly members in the Republic of Korea will be reduced to 250 in April this year."
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