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National Assembly plenary session scheduled to be held today (25th) has been postponed to next Monday, the 30th. The Democratic Party, which passed the Media Arbitration Act at the Judiciary Committee early this morning, is planning to enforce it at the plenary session five days later.
First of all, reporter Kang Min-woo summarizes the reason for the delay of the plenary session and the current situation in the National Assembly.
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meeting of floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties presided over the media arbitration law, presided over by National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seok.
Chairman Park made a surprise announcement to postpone the plenary session of the National Assembly scheduled for this afternoon.
The Democratic Party passed the Media Arbitration Act alone in the Legislative and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly at dawn, but it seems to have accepted the opposition of the people that the bill reviewed by the Standing Committee cannot be presented to the plenary session on the same day.
[Yoon Han-hong / People's Power Rep.: Where is this dictatorial procedure? We reported then are you like this come unconditionally along]?
[Gimyoungbae / Democrats: (a national force lawmakers) going violated the quarantine rules in fact he even cried with it a gathering here, relief]
after the intervention of the chairman of the ruling five days later, It was agreed to hold a plenary meeting at 4 p.m. on the 30th.
Along with the Media Arbitration Act, we have decided to introduce other controversial bills and the appointment of the permanent chairman of the National Assembly for now.
The Democratic Party affirmed the handling of the Media Arbitration Act, saying that it would also go through a committee that all members of the National Assembly could attend.
[Yun Ho-jung / Democratic Party floor leader: I have fully explained the reason for the need for a full committee (to the opposition party).]
On the other hand, the people's power was exhausted, saying that they would promote unlimited discussions at the plenary session and even a campaign to resign the government if the bill is passed. I did.
[Kim Ki-hyun/People's Power Floor Leader: We will devise various ways to prevent the media gag law from being processed until the end.]
Amid strong opposition from media business groups and opposition parties, there are voices of concern within the ruling party about the enforcement action. is spreading.
Rep. Jo Eung-cheon said that the frame of arrogance and self-righteousness, which was criticized in the April re-election, is to be revived, and Assemblyman Oh Ki-hyeong said that it is questionable whether it is appropriate to discuss the punitive compensation system targeting only the media.
(Video coverage: Jeong Sang-bo, video editing: Choi Hye-young)