Ruling and Opposition Parties Agree to Hold Plenary Session on June 5 to Elect National Assembly Leadership

The ruling and opposition parties have agreed to hold a plenary session of the National Assembly to elect the leadership for the latter half of the term at 2 p.m. on June 5.

Han Byungdo, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Song Eon-seok, floor leader of the People Power Party, met at the National Assembly on May 19 and announced the agreement.

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Earlier, the Democratic Party selected Cho Jeong-sik as its candidate for Speaker of the National Assembly and Nam In-soon as its candidate for Deputy Speaker at a general assembly of lawmakers. The People Power Party selected Park Deok-heum as its candidate for Deputy Speaker.

The ruling and opposition parties were unable to narrow the differences regarding the allocation of standing committee chair positions for the latter half of the term. Song, the floor leader, said at a briefing, "We intended to include in today's agreement that the allocation of standing committee chairs for the latter half of the term should be determined by negotiation between the parliamentary negotiation groups, but we were unable to reach an agreement and will continue discussions."

He added, "In accordance with the intent of the National Assembly Act, we also plan to meet and discuss by next week the issue of only submitting to the plenary session those agenda items agreed upon by the negotiating groups."

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