Rival Parties Hold General Meetings to Discuss Parliamentary Formation; Standoff Over Judiciary Committee Continues

The Democratic Party of Korea and the People Power Party are each holding general meetings of their lawmakers today, June 29, to gather consensus on strategies for the formation of the 22nd National Assembly's second half.

The standoff between the ruling and opposition parties is expected to continue as they remain deadlocked over which party should hold the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, a key post through which all bills passed by standing committees must pass.

Previously, Democratic Party Floor Leader Han Byung-do met with People Power Party Floor Leader Jeong Jeom-sik on June 26 and drew a line, stating, "They are repeating the same thing about the Legislation and Judiciary Committee chairmanship even today," and added, "I have notified them that the opposition party can no longer wait."

The Democratic Party is holding a general meeting at the National Assembly while simultaneously issuing an emergency standby order to all its lawmakers.

This appears to be a move to pressure the People Power Party, with the goal of finalizing the parliamentary formation within this month.

The People Power Party will hold a general meeting at the National Assembly this afternoon to share the progress of the negotiations on parliamentary formation with its lawmakers and discuss future countermeasures.

Floor Leader Jeong Jeom-sik plans to reiterate the existing position that the People Power Party, as the main opposition party, must secure the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee to keep the government and the ruling party in check.

Floor Leader Jeong stated yesterday, "I have no intention of begging the ruling party to give us a few more standing committee chair positions."

The party is also expected to discuss parliamentary struggle strategies in the event that the Democratic Party unilaterally pushes through the formation of the National Assembly.
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