<Anchor> The
National Assembly will enter the government question for four days from today (13th). The ruling and opposition parties are expected to clash over the suspicion of accusation by former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol in the political question on the first day today.
Reporter Lee Han-seok reports.
<Reporter> The
National Assembly will hold a plenary session at 2:00 pm today and ask questions to the government in the political field in the presence of Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom and other state officials from relevant ministries.
In today's question of the government, the biggest issue seems to be the suspicion that the incumbent prosecutor Yoon Seok-yeol, who was former Prosecutor General, accused him of accusing passport personnel.
The Democratic Party will define this case as Yoon Seok-yeol's gate and demand a government-wide investigation into the allegation of abuse of prosecutorial power during Yoon's tenure as president.
[Song Young-gil / Representative of the Democratic Party: This is a national flag disturbance case involving the investigative policy intelligence officer, the right-hand man of the incumbent prosecutor general.]
On the other hand, the power of the people is that the informant Jo Seong-eun met with Park Ji-won, the head of the National Intelligence Service, during the reporting process of the 'suspicious indictment'. Based on this, it seems that the NIS will counterattack by raising allegations of attempted interference in the election.
[Lee Jun-seok / Representative of the People's Power: The situation in which such content was captured makes it doubtful whether or not Director Park Ji-won gave some kind of coaching.] In
addition, the opposition and opposition parties fight over the amendment to the Media Arbitration Act, which is scheduled for the plenary session on the 27th of this month. looks like it will follow.
The Democratic Party is likely to emphasize the need for passage, saying it is a bill to rescue victims of fake news, but the people's power is to demand a complete revision, saying it is a media gag law that places the burden of proving gross negligence on the media.
A total of 11 lawmakers, including 6 Democrats, 4 People's Power, and 1 independent, will answer today's questions of the government.
The National Assembly is scheduled to ask the government questions about the foreign affairs, unification, and security sector tomorrow, the economy sector the day after tomorrow, and the education, social and cultural sector.