[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Park Hong-geun, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, stated that while negotiations on the organization of the National Assembly will continue until the end of this month, if there is no change in the ruling party's position, he will convene a temporary session next month to normalize the National Assembly.
On the 27th, Park held a press briefing at the National Assembly and said, "There is not even a shred of sincerity from the ruling party to normalize the National Assembly for the sake of people's livelihood and economic recovery. They are only focused on political tactics to corner the opposition party. We cannot trust and wait for them," adding, "We will open a temporary session to normalize the National Assembly and take care of people's livelihood, the economy, and personnel hearings."
He continued, "To this end, I will soon request the convening of a temporary session of the National Assembly," and said, "We will not let go of the negotiation thread until the end of June, but we cannot allow the National Assembly to remain at a standstill."
Although Park did not explicitly mention it, it is interpreted that he intends to continue negotiations until the end of this month, but if there is no change in the ruling party's position regarding the organization of the National Assembly, he will convene the National Assembly unilaterally.
Earlier, Park offered the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee to the People Power Party, demanding that they form a Special Committee on Judicial Reform and withdraw lawsuits related to the "Prosecutorial Reform Act" (or the "Complete Prosecution Reform Act"). Since the Democratic Party respected the previous agreement between floor leaders, this implies that the ruling and opposition floor leaders should also implement the agreement made during the processing of the Prosecutorial Reform Act.
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