Countdown to Bipartisan Agreement on 'Special Investigation Law for Internal Insurrection'... Woo Won-sik Says "With the Feeling of Locking the Door"

People Power Party Submits Its Own Bill as Official Party Policy
Democratic Party to Gather Opinions at General Assembly Meeting

The People Power Party and the Democratic Party of Korea have begun discussions to reach a bipartisan agreement on the 'Special Prosecutor Appointment Act for the Investigation of the December 3 Emergency Martial Law Incident (Special Prosecutor Act).' Speaker Woo Won-shik stated, "We will do our best to handle this issue through consensus."

Speaker Woo, People Power Party Floor Leader Kwon Seong-dong, and Democratic Party Floor Leader Park Chan-dae met at the National Assembly around 1:30 p.m. on the 17th to enter into formal negotiations. Previously, the Democratic Party was pushing forward a second version of the 'Special Prosecutor Appointment Act for the Investigation of the Treason and Foreign Exchange Crimes of the Yoon Seok-yeol Government (Treason Special Prosecutor Act)' by leveraging their majority seats. In response, the People Power Party said, "The lesser evil is better than the worst," and announced they would prepare their own special prosecutor act, which they submitted as the party's official stance that afternoon.

From the left, Park Hyung-su, Senior Deputy Floor Leader of the People Power Party, Kwon Seong-dong, Floor Leader, Woo Won-shik, Speaker of the National Assembly, Park Chan-dae, Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Park Seong-jun, Senior Deputy Floor Leader, are attending a meeting of ruling and opposition floor leaders chaired by Speaker Woo in the Speaker's office at the National Assembly on the 17th of last month, posing for a commemorative photo. Photo by Kim Hyun-min

During the meeting between Speaker Woo and the floor leaders of both parties that day, the ruling and opposition parties briefly exchanged opinions. Afterwards, they attended the plenary session scheduled to start at 2:15 p.m., then temporarily adjourned the session to gather individual opinions. Just before adjourning the plenary session, Speaker Woo said, "The opposition proposed a third-party recommendation method without veto power, and the ruling party submitted the bill after a very difficult process," adding, "We must do our utmost to ensure the consensus bill passes." He also said, "I will approach this with the determination to lock the doors until midnight if necessary."

The floor leaders of both parties plan to meet again later that afternoon to engage in intense discussions on several contentious issues, including the exclusion of foreign exchange crimes.

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