Government Approves Request for Reconsideration of 'Broadcasting Four Laws'... Yoon Likely to Exercise Veto Power

Presidential Office "Ruling and Opposition Parties Must Prepare a Consensus Improvement Plan"
Deadline for Yoon's Reconsideration Request Exercise is the 14th

The government has passed a request for reconsideration regarding the so-called 'Broadcasting Four Acts' (Amendments to the Korea Communications Commission Act, Broadcasting Act, Korea Broadcasting Culture Promotion Foundation Act, and Korea Educational Broadcasting System Act).

On the morning of the 6th, the government made this decision at a Cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo. The Broadcasting Four Acts, which the opposition parties including the Democratic Party of Korea passed unilaterally, were sent to the government by the National Assembly on the 30th of last month. If President Yoon Seok-yeol approves the request for reconsideration, the Broadcasting Four Acts will return to the National Assembly for a reconsideration process. The deadline for President Yoon to exercise his veto power is the 14th.

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is speaking at the Cabinet meeting held on the 6th at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul. At this meeting, the Cabinet is scheduled to review and decide on the request for reconsideration (veto power) regarding the 'Broadcasting Four Laws' that the opposition party forcibly passed in the National Assembly plenary session. Photo by Jo Yong-jun jun21@

President Yoon is expected to approve the request for reconsideration. The Blue House has indicated that an improved version should be prepared through bipartisan agreement, suggesting the possibility of requesting reconsideration of these bills. While the Democratic Party calls the Broadcasting Four Acts the 'Public Broadcasting Normalization Act,' the People Power Party defines them as the 'Opposition Party's Permanent Takeover of Public Broadcasting Act' and has recommended that President Yoon request reconsideration.

The Broadcasting Four Acts include provisions to significantly increase the number of directors of public broadcasters such as KBS, MBC, and EBS, and to grant the right to recommend directors to media and broadcasting academic societies and related professional organizations. Previously, three of these bills (the Broadcasting Act, Korea Broadcasting Culture Promotion Foundation Act, and Korea Educational Broadcasting System Act), excluding the Korea Communications Commission Act, were passed unilaterally by the opposition in the 21st National Assembly plenary session but were vetoed by President Yoon and subsequently discarded.

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