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A bill to phase out the investigation authority of the prosecution was passed a while ago by the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee subcommittee.

You've crossed the first hurdle for bill processing.

While the People's Power lawmakers protested and left their seats, the Democratic Party handled it alone.

For more details, let's connect with a reporter from the National Assembly.



Reporter Lee Hyun-young, the Democratic Party seems to be accelerating little by little, but let's start with the current situation.



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A little past 7 pm, the first gate of bill processing, the National Assembly Judiciary Committee, the bill review subcommittee ended.



The bill prepared by the Democratic Party based on the so-called inspection and completion agreement was passed as it was.



The next step is the plenary meeting of the Judiciary Committee, and the Democratic Party has foretold the meeting at 9 pm.



Members of the People's Power also attended the bill review subcommittee, but they all left the decision-making stage.



In the process, People's Power lawmakers also held a protest holding a sign opposing the DPRK's enforcement action.



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Prior to this, the ruling and opposition parties clashed all day over whether to discuss the arbitration plan again, please tell us about it.



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There has been a fierce battle between the ruling and opposition parties since morning.



National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seok called the ruling and opposition party leaders to come up with a new agreement, but there was no new agreement and they only confirmed differences of opinion and broke up.



[Park Hong-geun / Democratic Party floor leader: We have clearly stated that we have no choice but to proceed (legislation) according to the existing agreement…

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[Kwon Seong-dong/People's Power Floor Leader: The fact that we cannot reach an agreement unless it includes election crimes and public officials, which are criticized the most by the people...

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In the debate with the floor leader, the Democratic Party suggested that the prosecution investigate the election crimes along with the corruption and economic crimes in the arbitration plan among the two crimes that the people should re-discuss, and instead, transfer it to the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency after 1 year and 6 months. It was proposed, but it is known that the People's Power has rejected it.



Jang Je-won, the elected chief of staff, even pressured President Moon Jae-in to exercise his veto power, but



[Jang Je-won/President-elected chief of staff: Judge carefully whether the people want it, and I believe that (President Moon) will exercise the veto] The



Democratic Party will deal with the Judiciary Committee, The plenary session began the process of mandatory processing, and the power of the people did not back down, foretelling a filibuster of the plenary session's unlimited debate.



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi, Video editing: Kim Jin-won)