The ruling and opposition parties will negotiate the independent counsel bill ahead of the plenary session... "No need" vs. "Taking time."

[Anchor]
Floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties met ahead of the plenary session to deal with the special prosecution law on the December 3 emergency martial law.

The People's Power claims that the special prosecution is not needed due to the investigation situation, and the Democratic Party of Korea is determined to deal with the special prosecution law at today's plenary session.

I'll connect you to the National Assembly and find out more. Reporter Lee Junyeop!

The ruling and opposition parties started negotiations directly, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, Kwon Sung-dong, chairman of the National Assembly, presided over by Woo Won-sik, and Park Chan-dae, floor leader of the Democratic Party, met to negotiate the independent counsel law from 1:30 p.m. a while ago.

The meeting was originally scheduled to be held at 11 a.m., but the meeting was also postponed as the People's Power's own proposal for the Emergency Security Special Prosecutor Act was delayed due to the size of the investigation team and administrative issues.

Floor leader Kwon Sung-dong called for the Democratic Party's withdrawal of the special prosecution at the floor meeting, expressing that negotiations on the special prosecution law were "chose to avoid the worst."

Even though there is virtually no reason to introduce it as most of the people involved, including President Yoon Suk Yeol, have already been arrested or are in the process of prosecution,
It is said that it is a "struggling measure" that the
Democratic Party of Korea has proposed to prevent it from carrying out the independent counsel's proposal, which is full of unconstitutional and illegal toxic provisions alone.

[Kwon Seong-dong / People's Power Floor Leader: This special prosecutor itself is useless. It's useless. So I hope that this special counsel bill itself will be withdrawn.]

On the other hand, floor leader Park Chan-dae of the Democratic Party vowed to deal with the independent counsel during the Supreme Council, saying, "The independent counsel for rebellion is essential for a serious crime that violates constitutional order and democracy."President

Yoon pointed out that although he was arrested, he exercised his right to remain silent and was uncooperative in the investigation, and new facts related to the civil war were revealed one after another.

[Park Chan-dae / Minjoo Party floor leader: We urge the people's power not to betray the people, but to engage in sincere consultations.]

Regarding the delay in the meeting of floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties, the Democratic Party said, "What is my intention of dragging my feet?" and pointed out, "Did you go to get approval from President Yoon who was arrested?"

Park Sung-joon, deputy floor leader, told reporters at the National Assembly that the ruling party seems to be trying to make a "Yoon Suk Yeol bulletproof independent counsel law" and stressed that if it comes up with an insincere proposal, it will be dealt with as an opposition bill today.

[Anchor]
The negotiation table is open, but the temperature gap between the ruling and opposition parties seems large, so please organize the issues.

[Reporter]
The sharpest part is the scope of the investigation.

The People's Power opposes the investigation into foreign exchange inducement charges contained in the opposition special prosecution law, saying it could politicize national security and leak confidential information.

In addition, many members of the People's Power Party say they should exclude the propaganda and instigation of civil war, which can be included in the investigation, as it is for the party's partisan interests.

On the other hand, the Democratic Party of Korea is confronting that excluding these charges is only a special prosecutor law, and it is no different from covering up the investigation properly.

However, considering that the situation is severe nationally, there are not many opinions within the party that a special prosecutor should be launched even if it makes concessions first.

In addition, the ruling party insists that the investigation period of the special prosecution should be up to 110 days, and the opposition party demands that the ruling party exclude it and the opposition party include it in the press briefing.

[Anchor]
The aftermath of President Yoon's arrest continues, right?

[Reporter]
The People's Power called on the National Assembly's Legislative and Judiciary Committee today to open a question on pending issues targeting the head of the crime investigation department of high-ranking officials Oh Dong-woon.

The plan was to call Minister Oh to question the appropriateness of the arrest process, but the plenary session was held, but it was disbanded when Chairman Chung Chung-rae demanded consultation with the opposition party.

The ruling party's defense committee members also held a separate press conference and claimed that during the last arrest, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit received an official seal of entry from the 55 Guard Corps guarding the outskirts of the official residence.

[Sung Il-jong / National Defense Committee Chairman, People's Power: In which country in the world can a state agency that wants to arrest a president bring a ragged note and seal it by proxy?]

On the other hand, the Democratic Party of Korea seems to be working on the message of people's livelihoods and diplomacy with a two-track approach to "suppression of civil war," which is represented by the push for the independent counsel law.

Lee Jae-myung repeatedly urged the government to draw up an extra budget, pointing to weak consumer sentiment and sluggish domestic demand at the Supreme Council.

[Lee Jae-myung / Minjoo Party leader: The government is still very lukewarm about the supplementary budget, which everyone recognizes, while insisting on early budget execution]

Rep. Cho Jung-sik and other Democratic U.S. delegations held a press conference and said they would attend the inauguration ceremony of the "Second Trump" to convey and persuade concerns such as reducing subsidies that Korean companies entering the U.S. are experiencing.

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