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43 days in the absence of the National Assembly, a meeting between the ruling and opposition parties in Goseong… Under-the-ground dispute over the allocation of the standing committee (comprehensive)

[이데일리 이상원 이수빈 기자] On the 12th, the 43rd day after the National Assembly, the People’s Power Kwon Seong-dong and Park Hong-geun, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, had their first meeting presided over by National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo, but only nerves continued without a ‘big’ agreement. However, there was a consensus on the promotion of the people’s livelihood legislation, and they only agreed that the organization should be completed by the 17th, which is the Constitution Day. Meanwhile, as the reason for the delay in the negotiations on the composition of the circle, a ‘behind the scenes fight’ between the ruling and opposition parties over the core standing committee is being raised.

National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo (center) sits after taking a commemorative photo before meeting with the ruling and opposition party leaders in the Speaker’s Office on the morning of the 12th. From left, People’s Power Acting Party Leader Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader Kim, and Democratic Party floor leader Park Hong-geun. (Photo = Yonhap News)

Lameness after an hour of meeting between the opposition parties… Disagreement in the special committee

Kwon Seong-dong, acting floor leader and floor leader of the People’s Power Party, and Park Hong-geun, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, continued negotiations on the composition of the circle at the National Assembly Speaker’s Office this morning, presided over by Chairman Kim, who was elected at the plenary session on the 4th. Chairman Kim expressed the opinion that there is not much difference between the opposition and the ruling party regarding the negotiations on the composition of the House of Representatives, and the possibility of an agreement was predicted as the senior leaders of the two parties had been negotiating under the ground. predicted

In both remarks, the two sides only fought ‘your fault’ over the delay in forming the circle. “I hope that the composition of the National Assembly will be finalized through negotiations as soon as possible, and that the opposition and opposition parties will put all their heart and all their strength into saving the economy while restoring the trust that has been lost,” said Park.

He said, “I believe that it is not just a negotiation over who will be the chairperson of the 18 members of the National Assembly (standing committee) in the second half of the year. ” he shot.

In response, floor leader Kwon said, “The composition of the circle is simple. All you have to do is elect the Speaker of the National Assembly and then the Standing Chairman.” “However, I cannot understand why the formation of a private special committee that completes the inspection and inspection (law) is an obstacle to the formation of the standing committee. Instead of just saying ‘people’s livelihood,’ let’s start with the formation of the standing committee,” he said, separating the negotiations between the formation of the private special committee and the composition of the original committee.

The opposition and opposition meetings, which had been fighting since the beginning, led to high-pitched voices in closed meetings five times. In the end, the meeting of the ruling and opposition parties broke down within an hour, with consensus only being reached to finalize the composition of the circle by the 17th, the day of the Constitution Day, and without any discussion on the composition of the circle at all.

Park Hong-geun, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, speaks at a floor plan meeting held at the National Assembly on the 12th. (Photo = Yonhap News)

Opposition and opposition parties go beyond the private special committee to guard the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, the National Defense and the Intelligence Committee

The opposition and opposition struggle to secure key standing committees. The People’s Power is of the view that the main standing committees should be preempted in order to give strength to the Yun Seok-yeol government’s policies, while the Democrats are expressing their will to keep the main standing committees as a means of defense in order to check this.

After Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min, considered an aide to President Yoon, announced plans to establish a police department in the Ministry of Public Administration and Security at the end of August, the Administrative Safety Committee became a standing committee that both parties could not give up. In a radio interview on KBS’ ‘Choi Kyung-young’s Strongest Current’ radio interview on the 12th, emergency response committee chairman Woo Sang-ho also showed that he could not give up the Security Council, saying, “It is a problem related to the retreat of democracy, and the idea of ​​returning to the old security headquarters system is unacceptable.”

The Science and Technology Information Broadcasting and Communications Commission is also paying attention to the fact that it has jurisdiction over the comprehensive programming channels. In addition, the fate of Han Sang-hyeok, who was appointed by the Moon Jae-in government, as chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, is also an over-defense issue.

The intelligence committee also emerged as a new detonator. Conflict between the ruling and opposition parties is intensifying as the people’s power announced that they would surrender the relatively unpopular standing committees, the Intelligence Committee and Women’s and Family Committee, instead of taking over the Ministry of Public Administration and Security. Lee Su-jin, floor spokesperson for the Democratic Party, met with reporters after the floor plan meeting was over and said, “(The people’s power) was stunned when a story came out during the working-level negotiations that the Intelligence Committee would not be involved in order to have an administrative and overdefense committee.”

It is evaluated that an agreement between the ruling and opposition parties is far from reaching an underlying dispute over the detailed composition of the circle. A political official lamented, “In this way, it can be difficult to form a circle even on Constitution Day.”

Kwon Seong-dong (center), acting representative and floor leader of the People’s Power Party, speaks at a meeting of the floor plan held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 12th. (Photo = Yonhap News)