Democratic Party to Propose 'Comprehensive Special Counsel Extension Act' at Plenary Session Today; People Power Party Warns of Filibuster

The Democratic Party of Korea is set to propose an amendment to the Comprehensive Special Counsel Act at the National Assembly plenary session today to further extend the investigation period of the second comprehensive special counsel.
The core of the amendment is to allow for an additional 30-day extension of the comprehensive special counsel's investigation period.
If the bill is passed, the deadline for the special counsel's investigation will be extended from July 24 to August 23.
Previously, the comprehensive special counsel had already extended its period twice in accordance with the existing law.
Furthermore, the bill includes provisions to add acts of "obstruction of audit" by public officials related to the cases under investigation to the scope of the special counsel's probe, and to increase the number of dispatched public officials from the current 130 to 150.
It also includes a provision to appoint prosecutors to maintain public charges, tasked with handling the prosecution of cases indicted by the special counsel.
In response, the People Power Party plans to hold a general meeting of lawmakers and a protest rally at the National Assembly before the plenary session begins today to condemn the Democratic Party's unilateral push for the special counsel bill.
The party intends to launch a filibuster—a legal obstruction of proceedings through unlimited debate—as soon as the amendment to the Comprehensive Special Counsel Act is proposed at the plenary session.
Five-term lawmaker Yoon Sang-hyun will be the first speaker for the filibuster.
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