Representative Choi Hyung-du of the People Power Party, who serves as the opposition secretary for the National Assembly's Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting, and Communications Committee, criticized the ruling party-led passage of a bill at the Legislation and Judiciary Committee that mandates terrestrial broadcasters to air the Olympics and the World Cup. He stated, "This is a bill that twists the arms of domestic broadcasters, forcing them to pay excessive broadcasting rights fees to foreign rights holders in international sports broadcasting negotiations," adding that "the solution produced by a one-way National Assembly is running backward."

Making the remarks during a party floor countermeasures meeting, Rep. Choi said, "Regarding the so-called 'universal viewing right bill,' the National Assembly Research Service also suggested that South Korea should redesign the system to move beyond a broadcasting-centric approach and include various platforms."

Rep. Choi emphasized, "During the committee review process, it was revealed that the bill was retroactive legislation intended to bail out a specific broadcaster facing the brink of bankruptcy due to excessive payments for international sports broadcasting rights." He added, "Despite reviews from the Ministry of Justice and the chief specialist of the National Assembly pointing out that it is unconstitutional, the Democratic Party pushed it through and passed it."

"At this point, it should have been re-examined in the Science and Technology Committee, but claiming that only the retroactive legislation clause needed to be fixed, the opposition's objections were ignored in the Judiciary Committee and it was ultimately re-voted," Rep. Choi said.

He went on to evaluate, "Although they claim the retroactive provision has been removed, this law is acting as a self-defeating move that ties the hands of financially struggling domestic broadcasters in international broadcasting negotiations," diagnosing that "solutions suited for the times and rational pricing negotiations through the Korea Pool should have been discussed instead."

Rep. Choi also questioned, "Whose stubbornness is hidden behind the fine-sounding pretext of universal viewing rights?" He pointedly added, "I am speaking of the repeating footsteps of past administrations where relevant public officials unquestioningly followed a single word from those in power, only to fail."