Impeachment Motion Against Broadcasting Commissioner Lee Jin-sook Passed... Yellow Envelope Act Submitted (Comprehensive)

The Yellow Envelope Act (Amendment to the Labor Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act) was submitted to the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 2nd, led by the opposition party.

The People Power Party immediately launched a filibuster (unlimited debate) after the Yellow Envelope Act was submitted. The Democratic Party of Korea plans to forcibly end it after 24 hours. According to the National Assembly Act, a filibuster can be ended with the approval of at least 180 members, which is three-fifths of the total members.

The Yellow Envelope Act is likely to be processed during the August extraordinary session of the National Assembly. The plenary session of the extraordinary session is expected to open on the 5th. This is because the July extraordinary session ends on the 3rd, and on that day the Democratic Party must hold a regional party convention primary in Jeonbuk.

The Yellow Envelope Act mainly restricts employers' claims for damages against union strikes. It expands the scope of employers to include subcontracted workers, allowing the strike targets to extend up to the primary contractors. The bill was passed in the plenary session during the 21st National Assembly led by the Democratic Party and the Justice Party but was discarded due to President Yoon Suk-yeol's veto. The Democratic Party adopted the Yellow Envelope Act as party policy at a policy meeting on the 11th of last month.

'Universal 250,000 Won Support Bill' Filibuster Begins
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Joo-sung = On the afternoon of the 1st, Park Soo-min, a member of the People Power Party, began a filibuster (a legal parliamentary procedure to delay proceedings through unlimited debate) on the 'Universal 250,000 Won Support Bill' (Special Measures Act for Livelihood Recovery Support) at the National Assembly plenary session. 2024.8.1
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Impeachment Motion Against Broadcasting and Communications Commission Chair Lee Jin-sook Passed in Plenary Session... Suspension of Duties

On the same day, the plenary session also passed the impeachment motion against Lee Jin-sook, Chair of the Broadcasting and Communications Commission, solely by the opposition party. It was approved with 186 votes in favor, 1 against, and 1 invalid out of 188 members present. The People Power Party protested and left before the vote.

With the approval of the impeachment motion, Chair Lee's duties are suspended. This comes just two days after her inauguration on the 31st of last month. Previously, six opposition parties including the Democratic Party had proposed the impeachment motion against Chair Lee the day before. The opposition argued that the 'two-person system' of the Broadcasting and Communications Commission, consisting of Chair Lee and Commissioner Kim Tae-gyu, illegally approved the appointment of directors for public broadcasters.

President Yoon Suk-yeol pushed through Chair Lee's appointment on the 31st of last month, and on the same day at 5 p.m., Chair Lee held a closed full meeting and appointed directors for the Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) and the Korea Broadcast Culture Promotion Foundation, the major shareholder of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC).

Chairperson Jin-sook Lee of the Korea Communications Commission waiting for the appointment certificate ceremony
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Photo by Hong Hae-in = Chairperson Jin-sook Lee of the Korea Communications Commission is attending the appointment certificate ceremony held at the Yongsan Presidential Office building in Seoul on August 1, 2024, waiting for the event to begin. [Presidential Office Press Photographers Group]
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'250,000 Won Payment Act' Passed in National Assembly Plenary Session... Opposition Party Solely Processed

The '250,000 Won Support Act for All Citizens (Special Measures Act for Livelihood Recovery Support)' also passed the plenary session of the National Assembly.

The opposition parties, including the Democratic Party, forcibly ended the People Power Party's filibuster (unlimited debate) in the afternoon and passed the bill. The act provides that the government will give every citizen 250,000 to 350,000 won in ‘local love gift certificates’ with a validity period of four months. According to the National Assembly Budget Office, the funding is expected to cost about 13 to 18 trillion won.

The People Power Party launched a filibuster immediately after the bill was submitted to the National Assembly the day before. They labeled the bill as a 'cash handout bill.' At the Supreme Council meeting that day, Floor Leader Choo Kyung-ho warned, "If 13 trillion won in cash is distributed, inflation and interest rates will become more unstable, and the suffering of people's livelihoods will worsen."

As soon as the filibuster began, the opposition submitted a petition signed by 170 lawmakers to end the unlimited debate. The debate was forcibly ended around 3:30 p.m. that day, 24 hours later, and the bill was passed.

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