Choo Kyung-ho "Complete Rejection of the Opposition's Unilateral Standing Committee Formation Proposal"

"Will Unilaterally Withdraw from Future Negotiations"
"Negotiations Possible if Ruling Party Hands Over Legal and Steering Committees"

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The People Power Party strongly opposed the list of chairpersons and members of 11 standing committees submitted by the Democratic Party of Korea regarding the formation of the 22nd National Assembly's first half, calling it unilateral.

On the afternoon of the 7th, Choo Kyung-ho, floor leader of the People Power Party, held a press briefing at the National Assembly and stated, "The Democratic Party just submitted a proposal for the composition of 11 standing committees unilaterally without any agreement with our party," adding, "The People Power Party strongly protests the Democratic Party's tyranny and completely rejects their unilateral standing committee proposal." That day was the legal deadline for forming the committees.

The Democratic Party submitted to the National Assembly a list of chairperson candidates and members for 11 standing committees, including the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, the Steering Committee, and the Science, Technology, Information and Broadcasting Committee, out of the 18 standing committees.

Floor Leader Choo said, "The Democratic Party is completely ignoring the history that the National Assembly has upheld and is once again pushing through a unilateral committee formation, following the first half of the 21st National Assembly," and added, "It is an unprecedented outrage in constitutional history for the opposition party to enter the Assembly and force committee formation alone without bipartisan agreement, and the public will remember this clearly."

He continued, "The Democratic Party submits 11 standing committees, including taking the Legislation and Judiciary Committee and the Steering Committee as their own, while pretending to consider our party for the rest. This is absolutely unacceptable," and stated, "We clearly declare that we will not participate in any future unilateral committee formations by the Democratic Party. If, as per long-standing precedent, the Legislation and Judiciary Committee and the Steering Committee are allocated to the ruling party as the second-largest party, committee formation negotiations can be concluded immediately."

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