The ruling and opposition parties hold a meeting of the Special Committee on Political Reform of the National Assembly today (22nd) to discuss the issue of demarcation for local elections in June again.
The ruling and opposition parties convened a second lieutenant again yesterday, but the meeting could not be held as they could not narrow their differences of opinion on the issue of introducing the primary and secondary constituencies.
The Democratic Party demanded that the basic lawmakers introduce a bill to introduce middle and presidential constituencies as an agenda, but the people opposed it, saying that the power of the people is not a matter of consensus.
Earlier, the Democratic Party decided to push forward with the party argument by proposing an amendment to the Public Official Election Act that would allow at least three primary members to be elected in another constituency.
The Democratic Party also insisted on discussing the Seoul ordinance regarding the number of members in each constituency in Gangnam-gu, Gangseo-gu, and Mapo-gu, where the Constitutional Court ruled that it was inconsistent with the Constitution.
Earlier, the Constitutional Court ruled that the population gap in the three districts of Seoul exceeded 3 to 1, infringing on the equal rights of voters.
In response, the People's Power responded, saying that as the Constitutional Court ruled that the Seoul ordinance was inconsistent with the Constitution, it should be resolved in the constituency demarcation process without separate discussion.
Rep. Kim Young-bae, the ruling party secretary of the special committee, criticized the opposition party's secretary to the end to the introduction of the bill for the middle and presidential constituency system by the basic lawmakers, and criticized that it is a one-way monopoly to unconditionally prevent the Democrats from even raising their opinions.
She continued, arguing that the fact that the constituency demarcation of the basic assembly was found to be inconsistent with the Constitution would of course be an inconsistency matter related to the Public Official Election Act, and that it should be put on the so-called special committee agenda.
Jo Hae-jin, a member of the People's Power, a secretary of the opposition party in the special committee on reform, said that the middle and presidential constituency system for basic members does not fit in principle and it is difficult to agree with the basic assembly principle.
Even though we are currently electing two basic members each, the constituency is large, so lawmakers are complaining that it is difficult to take care of the lives of the residents closely.
Next, she said that the Democratic Party threw something to do with the Justice Party and the People's Party during the election in relation to the middle and large constituency system of the basic lawmakers, and what would happen if they tried to actually play the card thrown as an election strategy?
Regarding the Seoul ordinance, Rep. Cho said that the delimitation of three constituencies, Gangnam, Mapo, and Gangseo, rather than the whole, was judged inconsistent with the constitution. I objected that I could draw a .
(Photo = National Assembly Photo Reporters, Yonhap News)