Today, the Constitutional Court's appointment...Ruling party to boycott plenary session

2024.12.26. AM 11:57
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' boycott of confirmation hearings' ruling party decided not to vote at plenary session
[Anchor]
Today, the National Assembly will hold a plenary session and deal with the motion for the appointment of three candidates for the Constitutional Court.

The People's Power plans to boycott the plenary session's vote at all, saying that acting President Han Deok-soo has no right to appoint him, but the Democratic Party of Korea is confronting that it will immediately impeach Han if he delays his appointment.

Let me connect you to the National Assembly. Reporter Lee Junyeop!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's the National Assembly.

[Anchor]
The opposition party alone can pass the appointment motion, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, as the motion to appoint constitutional judges is passed with a majority of the members present, the opposition party, which won the majority of seats, can handle it alone.

There are three appointment agreements to be held at the plenary session this afternoon, with the Democratic Party recommended by Ma Eun-hyuk and Chung Gye-seon, and the People's Power recommended by Cho Han-chang.

The National Assembly's Special Committee on Personnel Hearings adopted the report as a "qualified" opinion in a two-day hearing from the 23rd.

In the case of the power of the people who did not attend from the confirmation hearing stage, Han Deok-soo, acting president, said earlier that he would not participate in the plenary vote at the general meeting of the lawmakers, which was just over.

Earlier, a key official of the People's Power Party met with reporters and announced that he would file a trial for a constitutional dispute in the hearing process of the opposition party and apply for an injunction to suspend its effectiveness.

The People's Power criticized the Democratic Party's warning of an acting impeachment as a "Korea discount" that destroys international trust by causing a security vacuum and economic uncertainty.

[Park Hyung-soo / Deputy floor leader of People's Power: It is our argument that the appointment of a constitutional judge should be restrained as much as possible because it is done in the position of a head of state, and it is also a common opinion in the academic world.]

On the other hand, the Democratic Party announced that if Han does not appoint the appointment motion as soon as it is transferred to the government, he will impeach Han tomorrow morning at the latest.

In particular, he criticized the ruling party's "constitutional petition" policy, saying that the first appointment of Kwon Young-se, the chairman of the emergency committee, was obstructing the impeachment trial, and that he was the head of the Insurrection Party.

[Park Chan-dae / Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea: Kwon Sung-dong, a former prosecutor, and Kwon Young-se, a former prosecutor, chairman of the emergency committee. These are now civil war homologues that go beyond the prosecution homologue.

Amid the intensifying confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties, about 20 of the bills for people's livelihood agreed upon by the ruling and opposition policy committee heads will be processed at today's plenary session.

[Anchor]
The launch of a state affairs consultative body in which both ruling and opposition parties participate is being delayed?

[Reporter]
Yes, the first meeting of the government council, which was originally scheduled to be held today, is in an atmosphere of failure.

It has been reported that it is difficult to even sit face to face due to differences in opinions between the ruling and opposition parties since the working-level consultation.

The ruling party, which has to hold the key of the consultative body, demanded the chairman of the policy committee, and the opposition party, which claims the "party leader level," demanded the chief of staff of the party leader as a negotiator.

The issue of the impeachment of acting Han Deok-soo is also a variable in the launch of the consultative body.

In a call with YTN, a key official of the People's Power Party protested that the opposition party was talking about the impeachment of Han, even before the launch of the consultative body, even though it was polite to the battlefield enemy.

On the other hand, a key Democratic Party official pointed out that if they insist on a floor leader-level meeting, a consultative body cannot be formed, and that the meeting without working-level coordination is meaningless.

So far, I've delivered it to you by the National Assembly.


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