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The municipal government speech is as interesting as how the president and opposition parties meet.

Today (16th), President Yoon Seok-yeol wore a light blue tie, and Democratic lawmakers applauded during the speech.

There was no separate handshake.



Correspondent Lee Hyun-young.



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As in his inauguration ceremony, President Yoon Seok-yeol wore a blue tie symbolizing the Democratic Party and entered the main assembly hall of the National Assembly.



At the same time as his position, the Democratic Party's Joint Emergency Response Committee Chairman Yun Ho-jung and floor leader Park Hong-geun welcomed President Yoon.



When President Yun, who had climbed the podium, bowed his head, lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties rose from their seats and responded with applause.



Democratic lawmakers who listened to President Yoon's speech also applauded in passages such as 'Compensation for losses is the natural duty of a state governed by law'.



He also sent an integrated message, including writing three times of 'bipartisan cooperation', which was not in his inaugural address.



After a 14-minute speech, which received 18 rounds of applause, President Yoon toured the plenary hall and shook hands with members of the Democratic Party and Justice Party.



When President Yoon greeted former Justice Minister Park Beom-gye, applause from both the ruling and opposition parties erupted.



As he left the National Assembly, President Yoon expressed his feelings, saying, "I hope today's speech will be a page in the development of parliamentaryism."



[President Yoon Seok-yeol: Is there a separate opposition in the relationship between the government and the parliament?]



The People's Power evaluated that "President Yoon showed the meaning of respect for the National Assembly" and gave strength to 'a call for bipartisan cooperation', while the Democratic Party said, "If President Yoon truly pursues cooperation, he is a minister candidate who wants to force the appointment. They have to resign.”



President Yoon asked all of the People's Power lawmakers to attend the ceremony to commemorate the 5.18 Gwangju Democratization Movement the day before, and floor leader Kwon Seong-dong replied, "May 18 is not the property of a specific political party" and that all lawmakers would attend.



(Video coverage: Cho Chun-dong and Yang Doo-won, video editing: Ha Seong-won)



▶ President Yoon requested cooperation on "pension, labor, and education reform"


▶ "If North Korea responds, we will spare no effort to support health workers"