Democratic Party Passes National Assembly Act Amendment Alone... Some Committee Names and Jurisdictions Changed

Passed in Plenary Session Led by Democratic Party, People Power Party Boycotts Vote
Committees Renamed as Fiscal Economy Planning, Climate Energy Environment and Labor, and Gender Equality and Family
Legal Basis Established for Creation of National Assembly Archives to Manage Parliamentary Records
People Power Party Launches Another Filibuster Over Newly Introduced Bill, Standoff Continues

An amendment to the National Assembly Act, which adjusts the names and jurisdictions of standing committees in accordance with the government reorganization, passed the National Assembly plenary session on September 28, led by the Democratic Party of Korea. The People Power Party resisted with a filibuster (unlimited debate), but the Democratic Party forcibly ended it after 24 hours and pushed the bill to a vote.

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At the plenary session that day, all 180 lawmakers present voted in favor of the amendment to the National Assembly Act. The Democratic Party, as the ruling party, and other allied parties participated in the vote, while the People Power Party, which has opposed the government reorganization, did not participate.

This amendment adjusts the names and responsibilities of standing committees to align with the Government Organization Act amendment passed on September 26. As a result, the former Planning and Finance Committee will be renamed the Fiscal Economy Planning Committee, the Environment and Labor Committee will become the Climate Energy Environment and Labor Committee, and the Gender Equality and Family Committee will be renamed the Gender Equality and Family Committee. In addition, the amendment establishes the legal basis for the creation of the National Assembly Archives, which will manage parliamentary records.

Since the Government Organization Act amendment was introduced on September 25, the ruling and opposition parties have been repeating a cycle of “24-hour filibuster followed by a Democratic Party-led vote.” Immediately after the passage of the National Assembly Act amendment, when the amendment to the Act on Testimony and Appraisal at the National Assembly was introduced, the People Power Party launched another filibuster in response.

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