The ruling and opposition parties have agreed to hold a vote again on the 10th of next month on the "Kim First Lady Special Counsel Act," which returned to the National Assembly due to President Yoon's right to request reconsideration, or veto.
People's power is protesting that the independent counsel law itself is unconstitutional, and the Democratic Party of Korea has set the day by saying that President Yoon is abusing his veto power.
Let's find out about the political news. Reporter Lee Junyeop!
The date for the special counsel's re-vote has been set?
[Reporter]
Yes, from 4:10 p.m., a meeting of floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties presided over by National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik was held.
At this meeting, the ruling and opposition parties agreed to hold a plenary session on the 2nd, 4th, and 10th of next month.
The re-decision of the Special Prosecutor's Office Act by Kim Gun-hee has been decided to be made on the 10th of next month, the last day of the regular session of the National Assembly.
Park Chan-dae, the floor leader of the Democratic Party, told reporters after the meeting that the ruling and opposition parties had to participate in the re-decision with all their might, so that the ruling and opposition parties could fully prepare for the re-decision.
Earlier, the ruling and opposition parties had mixed reactions to President Yoon's veto.
Choo Kyung-ho, the floor leader of the People's Power, told reporters after the floor meeting and stressed that the government seems to have made the same judgment as it had previously proposed the exercise of the demand for reconsideration.
[Choo Kyung-ho / People's Power Floor Leader: I suggested exercising the request for reconsideration because it contains unconstitutional elements..]
Inside the ruling party, it is also considering how to respond to the re-vote, and there are concerns that the number of departure votes may increase from the past four due to the controversy over the "party bulletin board" that led to public clashes between the leadership.
A key floor official drew the line, saying, "It's another matter for the party to collapse with a special prosecutor," while another close ally also stressed the single opposition of the rejection, saying, "If it goes wrong here, it will only be misunderstood."
On the other hand, the Democratic Party held an emergency condemnation conference in front of the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul, and criticized President Yoon for continuing the record of exercising the most veto power since the Syngman Rhee administration.Of the 24 vetoes exercised by President
Yoon, five were investigative bills targeting him and the first lady, accusing him of being the worst president.
[Park Chan-dae / Minjoo Party floor leader: After praising former President Rhee Syng-man, are you going to follow in the miserable footsteps of Rhee Syng-man?]
The Democratic Party has also been considering delaying the re-decision of the special prosecution law, and it is reported that some could expect an organized departure vote with the ruling party's internal division visible due to the controversy over the "party bulletin board."
[Anchor]
The aftershock of CEO Lee Jae-myung's first trial of perjury yesterday continues.
What are the reactions from the power of the people?
[Reporter]
Han Dong-hoon, the representative of the People's Power, told reporters that there are many areas where we cannot sympathize with Lee Jae-myung's first trial ruling, but he said he respects it and believes there is a high possibility of correcting it within the judicial system.
The Democratic Party of Korea then shot back on the 15th to respect Lee's prison sentence in the first trial of the Public Official Election Act.
The People's Power floor meeting also pointed out that Lee, who emphasized "coexistence politics" immediately after the ruling, should stop outdoor bulletproof rallies that paralyze state affairs if he sincerely wants to coexist.
It will be the first step for the Democratic Party to move from the politics of retaliation to the politics of coexistence, and demanded the withdrawal of the prosecutor's impeachment.
[Seo Bum-soo / Secretary-General of People's Power: The National Assembly impeached the prosecutors who investigated them, abused legislative power and threatened them for bulletproof purposes, and wielded a blade of retaliation as hostage of the budget.]
[Anchor]
Please tell us about the Democratic Party's response.
[Reporter]
Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, met with reporters and responded to Han's remarks that it is difficult to accept the acquittal, saying that it would be better to pay more attention to people's livelihoods than to trial.
He pointed out that the government and the ruling party's attitude has changed in the opposite direction, as he suddenly opposed the song of a third-party special prosecutor to conduct a special prosecutor's office.
Floor leader Park Chan-dae criticized the first trial's innocence at the floor meeting, saying that the Yoon Suk Yeol political prosecution's brutal political hunt, which has targeted the opposition party for the past two and a half years, will soon end.
Kim Yong-min, the deputy floor leader, also said, "Don't ask the prosecution and apologize for the prosecution," and argued that the need to put the right to prosecute under democratic control beyond the recovery of the right to investigate was highlighted.
[Kim Yong-min / Deputy floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea: Han Dong-hoon, then Minister of Justice, made an illegal enforcement decree and continued to investigate Lee Jae-myung and prosecute him without asking]
However, there is also an atmosphere within the party to respond carefully, saying, "There are 15 trials alone, but we are now over a mountain."
So far, I've delivered it to you by the National Assembly.
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