Repeated Veto Deadlock... Opposition: "Chaesangbyeong Special Prosecutor Act, It's the President's Turn to Respond"

"Ruling Party Obsessed Only with Shielding Presidential Couple"
Contentious Bills Like Broadcasting 3 Laws and Yellow Envelope Act Pile Up

With the passage of the Chaesangbyeong Special Prosecutor Act (Special Prosecutor Appointment Act for the Investigation of Obstruction and Cover-up of the Death of a Marine in the Line of Duty) led by the opposition, a veto standoff has reopened. The opposition urged the Yoon Seok-yeol administration to accept the Chaesangbyeong Special Prosecutor Act without exercising the veto power again.

Park Chan-dae, Acting Party Leader and Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 5th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

On the 5th, Park Chan-dae, Acting Party Leader and Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, said at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, "The Chaesangbyeong Special Prosecutor Act has passed the National Assembly. It is now time for President Yoon Seok-yeol to answer whether he will follow the will of the people or choose to repeatedly abuse the veto power and confront the people," adding, "I sincerely hope he will not make the foolish choice of betraying the last hope of the people."

He criticized the People Power Party, which declared its absence from the National Assembly opening ceremony in protest against the passage of the Chaesangbyeong Special Prosecutor Act, for lacking responsibility. Acting Leader Park said, "The People Power Party, unable to block the passage of the special prosecutor law, even disrupted the National Assembly opening ceremony. This is like the spiteful spirit of Nolbu who, when things don't go his way, drives stakes into pumpkins," and added, "As the ruling party, they show no sense of responsibility and are solely obsessed with shielding the Yongsan presidential couple."

The Chaesangbyeong Special Prosecutor Act was passed in the plenary session of the National Assembly the previous day, led by the opposition. It was approved with 189 votes in favor and 1 against out of 190 members present, marking the first bill to pass the plenary session in the 22nd National Assembly. The People Power Party plans to immediately recommend that President Yoon exercise his veto power. After a party meeting the previous day, People Power Party Floor Leader Choo Kyung-ho told reporters that when asked if exercising the veto on the Chaesangbyeong Special Prosecutor Act was a natural step, he replied, "Yes."

President Yoon has exercised his veto power 14 times during his two years in office. The Chaesangbyeong Special Prosecutor Act had also passed the 21st National Assembly led by the opposition, but President Yoon exercised his veto, and after a re-vote in the National Assembly, the bill was discarded. The Democratic Party plans to handle as party policy other bills on which President Yoon has exercised veto power, including the Three Broadcasting Acts (Broadcasting Act, Korea Broadcasting Promotion Foundation Act, and Korea Educational Broadcasting System Act amendments) and the Yellow Envelope Act (amendments to Articles 2 and 3 of the Labor Union Act). If these bills pass the plenary session of the National Assembly again, it is expected that President Yoon will exercise his veto power once more.

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