Choi Sang-mok Requests National Assembly Speaker to "Break the Deadlock in Budget Negotiations"

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok visited National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik on the 9th and requested, "Since the prompt approval of the budget bill is necessary, please open the way for negotiations between the ruling and opposition parties."

Choi Sang-mok, Deputy Prime Minister for Economy and Minister of Strategy and Finance, is heading to the Speaker's office on the 9th for a private meeting with Woo Won-shik, Speaker of the National Assembly. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

After meeting with Speaker Woo at the National Assembly on the 9th, Deputy Prime Minister Choi stated, "For maintaining external credibility and economic stability, the prompt approval of the budget bill through bipartisan agreement is necessary."

However, Speaker Woo reprimanded, "This emergency martial law situation was an attempt to arrest the National Assembly Speaker, party leaders, and members, which resulted in making it impossible to discuss the budget bill in the National Assembly," Deputy Prime Minister Choi conveyed.

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