National Assembly Speaker calls on parties to submit proposals for forming standing committees
- 4 years ago
국회 원구성 난항에 3차 추경 차질,... '코로나 대응' 먹구름
Still no progress at South Korea's National Assembly as rival parties have yet to reach a compromise on which party will head up key committees on legislating major policies.
The newly-elected speaker Park Byeong-seug set a deadline for rival parties to submit their proposals by noon this Monday to finalize membership of the committees.
With the delay, the major tasks for lawmakers,... to review of the government's largest supplementary budget aimed at battling the COVID-19 outbreak has been delayed, leaving it to collect dust in the assembly.
The 21st National Assembly opened last Friday to a shaky start... with the opening session called off within minutes after the main opposition United Future Party walked out in protest over the forming of standing committees.
Still no progress at South Korea's National Assembly as rival parties have yet to reach a compromise on which party will head up key committees on legislating major policies.
The newly-elected speaker Park Byeong-seug set a deadline for rival parties to submit their proposals by noon this Monday to finalize membership of the committees.
With the delay, the major tasks for lawmakers,... to review of the government's largest supplementary budget aimed at battling the COVID-19 outbreak has been delayed, leaving it to collect dust in the assembly.
The 21st National Assembly opened last Friday to a shaky start... with the opening session called off within minutes after the main opposition United Future Party walked out in protest over the forming of standing committees.