Ruling and Opposition Parties Convene Plenary Session to Address Livelihood Bills... Sejong City Act Also Rushed Through

Cheon Junho: "No Major Issues Between Parties... Requesting Broad Cooperation"


Political Reform Committee Urgently Approves Sejong City Act Amendment

The National Assembly convened a plenary session on April 23 to handle around 100 non-contentious bills. The session is also expected to address the Special Act on the Establishment of Sejong Special Self-Governing City, which had been omitted during the previous revision of the Public Official Election Act.

Cheon Junho, Acting Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at the Policy Coordination Meeting held at the National Assembly on the 23rd. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

Cheon Junho, Acting Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, stated at the policy coordination meeting held at the National Assembly on the same day, "We are convening the plenary session to address key state affairs of the Lee Jaemyung administration and urgent livelihood bills. Currently, more than 240 bills have been submitted to the plenary session," he said, adding, "Since there are no particular issues causing confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties, I ask the opposition to approach this in a broad-minded manner."

Cheon also emphasized, "The Democratic Party of Korea will do its utmost until the end to process as many state affairs and livelihood bills as possible." The ruling and opposition parties are expected to discuss the agenda for the plenary session in this regard.

Meanwhile, the Special Committee on Political Reform held a general meeting on the same day and urgently approved the Sejong City Act. The Public Official Election Act, which includes the local election district demarcation plan for the June 3 local elections, had already been passed at the plenary session on April 18. At that time, the bill included raising the proportion of proportional representation in metropolitan councils from 10% to 14%, but the provisions related to Sejong City were omitted, leading to a late submission of the relevant bill, which was processed on this day. The revised bill is scheduled to be reviewed by the Legislation and Judiciary Committee before being brought to the plenary session.

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