'Media Arbitration Act' plenary session postponed to 30 days... "handle" vs "judge"

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At the dawn of the 25th yesterday (25th), National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seok put the brakes on bringing the media arbitration law enforced by the Democratic Party to the plenary session. The meeting has been postponed to the 30th, but criticism is growing not only from the opposition but also from within the passport. 

This is reporter Kang Min-woo.

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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 yesterday afternoon that he would postpone the plenary session of the National Assembly.

The Democratic Party passed the Media Arbitration Act alone at the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee early in the morning yesterday, 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.

After the mediation of the chairman, the ruling and opposition parties will hold a plenary session at 4 pm on the 30th to propose issues such as the Media Arbitration Act and the appointment of a standing chairperson.

Although the Democratic Party affirmed the handling of the Media Arbitration Act by saying that it would also go through a full committee that all members of the National Assembly could attend,

[Yun Ho-jung/Democratic Minority Leader: I have fully explained the reason for the need for a full committee.]

The power of the people is the plenary session He said that he would pursue unrestricted discussions in the .

[Kim Ki-hyeon/People's Power Floor Leader: We will continue to devise various methods to prevent the media gag law from being processed until the end.]

Amid strong opposition from media business groups and opposition parties, voices of concern about the enforcement action are spreading even within the ruling party.

Rep. Jo Eung-cheon said that the frame of arrogance and self-righteousness, which had been criticized in the April re-election, is reviving, and Assemblyman Oh Ki-hyung said he doubts whether it is appropriate to discuss the punitive compensation system only targeting the media.