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Even after passing the year, issues are piled up in the National Assembly.

With less than a week left, the ruling and opposition parties confronted each other on the first day of the new year over the issue of extending the period of the parliamentary investigation into the Itaewon disaster, discussing the sunset bill, and whether or not to open an extraordinary session of the National Assembly in January. 



Reporter Han Seong-hee reports.



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On the morning of the first day of the New Year, the leadership of the Democratic Party visited a joint incense burner for the Itaewon disaster and comforted the bereaved families.



[Lee Jae-myung/Representative of the Democratic Party: I will do my best to find out the cause, ask for responsibility, and relieve the injustice.]



Extend the period of the government investigation that ends on the 7th, and go through with the schedule for the third hearing involving the bereaved family. I promised to do it.



[Park Hong-geun/Democratic Party Representative: (State investigation) period will definitely be extended.

The extension of the period will be carried out without fail.]



The power of the people set up a policy of de facto refusal, saying that the extension of the parliamentary investigation period required further review.



[Ho-Young Joo/President of People's Power: Because it is possible when the people agree that the government investigation needs to be extended further...

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The ruling and opposition parties have different opinions on whether or not to continue the temporary National Assembly in January immediately after the December extraordinary session is over.



The power of the people opposes the Democratic Party, saying it is an intention to open a’bulletproof National Assembly’ to protect CEO Lee Jae-myeong, who is about to be summoned by the prosecution, and the Democratic Party says that the ruling party is responsible for the failure to handle the sunset law, such as the safe fare system, and that the convening of an extraordinary National Assembly is inevitable. I'm not backing down on my claim.



In particular, the Democratic Party is pressuring the ruling party while reviewing a plan to refer to the plenary session next month a bill to extend the safe fare system, which has expired by sunset, for three years, and the ruling party plans to confront it with a request to exercise the presidential veto.



The year-end confrontation continues beyond the year, and expectations for compromise politics are becoming overshadowed.



(Video coverage: Yang Doo-won, video editing: Won-hee Won)