Media arbitration law rejected... "I made a new proposal" morning renegotiation

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The plenary session of the amendment to the Media Arbitration Act has been delayed. The opposition parties negotiated, but failed to reach an agreement. Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties agreed to meet again in the morning of the 31st to continue negotiations.

By Kim Hyung-rae, staff reporter.

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Minho Yoon Ho-jung, floor leader of the Democratic Party, and Ki-hyeon Kim, floor leader of the People's Power, met four times a day yesterday to discuss the handling of the amendment to the Media Arbitration Act at the National Assembly plenary session.

However, in the end, an agreement was not reached.

As a result, the plenary session scheduled for yesterday could not be held, and the proposal to amend the Media Arbitration Act was also canceled.

[Yun Ho-jung / Democratic Party floor leader: Even in this meeting, the opposition parties did not reach an agreement. It is difficult to hold the scheduled plenary meeting.]

However, the floor leaders of both parties said that in the last negotiation, both the opposition and the opposition made 'new proposals', leaving room for negotiations to meet again at 10 am after hearing opinions from each party.

[Yun Ho-jung / Democratic Party floor leader: At the meeting, both parties presented slightly new proposals, so each went back to the party and listened to opinions within the party… .]

[Kim Ki-hyeon/People's Power Floor Leader: We shared a lot of opinions with each other regarding the new proposal, but we have not reached a final agreement, but we will find a way to reach an agreement again at the 10 am meeting.]

'New proposal' Both sides declined to comment on the contents of the

However, there are also observations from some in the party that new content that has not been discussed so far may have been reflected, based on the fact that the floor leaders of both parties decided to continue negotiations immediately from the morning.

The extraordinary session of the August National Assembly is until today, and if the plenary session is not held today, major bills passed by the Standing Committee, including the Media Arbitration Act, will be transferred to the September regular session.