The Women-Lawmakers-Jeong Consultative Subcommittee Held a Meeting but Failed to Narrow Differences

The government, National Assembly, and medical community consultative body held a subcommittee meeting at the National Assembly on the 20th to discuss next year's medical school quota issue, but it is reported that they failed to narrow the differences between the government and the medical community.

The consultative body included Han Jia, chief spokesperson of the People Power Party, lawmaker Lee Man-hee, Bang Ki-seon, Director of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, and representatives from the medical community.

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On this day as well, the government, National Assembly, and medical community consultative body exchanged opinions on current issues, but it is reported that both the government and the medical community repeated their existing positions. The medical community previously proposed not to carry over unfilled positions from the irregular recruitment to the regular recruitment. However, the government declined citing legal issues and others.

The consultative body plans to hold the third plenary meeting on the 24th.

It is also reported that the People Power Party requested additional participation of medical community organizations in the consultative body.

Originally, proposals for a government, ruling party, opposition party, and medical community consultative body were exchanged, but since the Democratic Party of Korea did not participate, discussions are currently taking place among the government, National Assembly, and medical community only.