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Rep. Yoon Hee-suk, the power of the people, continued unlimited discussions for 12 hours and 47 minutes, setting the longest record in Korea.
Yesterday (11th), one of the lawmakers who went to an unlimited debate was revealed to have contacted a confirmed coronavirus, and the filibuster was temporarily suspended.
This is Jeong-Hyun Jeong.
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Rep. Yoon Hee-suk, the power of the people, as an unlimited debate speaker from 3:24 p.m. yesterday.
He continued criticism for 12 hours and 47 minutes until 4:12 a.m. today, saying that it undermines freedom of expression over the Airlift Act, the National Intelligence Service Act, and the Law on the Prohibition of Spreading Flyers to North Korea.
[Yoon Hee-suk/Representative Power of the People: I hope you deeply think about what the legislature is doing, especially leisure.
That is all.
Thank you.
Thank you for listening.] This is
Korea's longest filibuster record in 2016, surpassing the 12 hours and 31 minutes record of former Democratic Party lawmaker Jong-geol Lee, who continued the debate against the anti-terrorism law in 2016.
Shortly after the end of the filibuster of Rep. Yoon, National Assembly Speaker Park Byung-seok suspended the plenary session for quarantine, saying, "One of the lawmakers who had an unlimited discussion yesterday came into contact with a corona19 confirmed person."
It is known that the Democratic Party Rep. Kim Byung-ki was the one who contacted the confirmed case.
Democratic Party Rep. Kim Gyeong-hyup is scheduled to serve as the 8th debater after 4 p.m., when the Corona 19 test results are released.
The power of the people As all the first elected lawmakers expressed their intention to participate in the filibuster and the Democratic Party said it would respect the opposition party's right to speak, the filibuster could continue until January 10, next year, when this extraordinary assembly session ends.