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Even though they didn’t hold a plenary session, the 22nd National Assembly is criticized for the ‘5 times’ filibuster.
HomePoliticsEven though they didn’t hold a plenary session, the 22nd National Assembly is criticized for the ‘5 times’ filibuster.
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![On the morning of the 26th, Rep. Lee Sang-hwi, chairman of the People Power Party's Media Special Committee, is conducting an unlimited debate (filibuster) opposing the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission Law amendment bill at the main conference hall of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul. 2024.7.26/News1 Copyright (C) News1. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction and redistribution, AI learning prohibited</em></span>, <br />, “National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik is advancing the ‘Broadcast 4 Laws’ led by the opposition party including the Democratic Party of Korea to the plenary session, while the ruling party People Power Party is responding with a filibuster, causing the political situation to freeze.”,”In the midst of the unprecedented third day of the confirmation hearing for the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (BCT) chairman candidate Lee Jin-suk, the departure of Lee Sang-in, former vice chairman and acting chairman of the BCT, after the opposition party Democratic Party of Korea submitted an impeachment motion has also contributed to the frozen political situation. It has been almost three months since the 22nd National Assembly was convened, yet due to conflicts between the ruling and opposition parties, they have not even been able to hold an opening ceremony, leading to criticism of what is known as a ‘plant assembly.'”, <br />, <br />, ‘Choo Kyung-ho, the floor leader of the People Power Party, held a press conference at the National Assembly in Yeouido on the 26th, stating, “The National Assembly is currently conducting a filibuster to prevent the Democratic Party from rushing through legislative bills. Not content with legislative overreach, the Democratic Party is also hastily pushing for impeachment, disrupting national affairs,” and “Article 6 of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission Law stipulates that only the chairman is subject to impeachment. It is astonishing that the Democratic Party’s intention to immobilize national administrative duties solely for the sake of controlling broadcasting is alarming,” he said.’, <br />, <br />, ‘Floor leader Choo said, “The People Power Party will defend democracy with the people. We will protect press freedom,” adding, “We will thwart the Democratic Party’s conspiracy to halt national affairs.”‘, <br />, <br />, “On the previous day, July 25th, Speaker Woo presented the amendment bill for the ‘Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission Law’ at the plenary session of the National Assembly. The People Power Party, led by the ruling party’s science and technology broadcasting communications committee, Rep. Choi Hyung-doo, began a filibuster. Rep. Choi spent a total of 6 hours and 37 minutes expressing opposition to the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission Law amendment bill.”, <br />, <br />, ‘Rep. Choi criticized the Democratic Party, saying, “There is no country in the world where they cling to and do not give up on the broadcasting dominance structure like this, thinking it is fearful and trying to neutralize it. No advanced country argues over these issues.”‘, <br />, <br />, ‘Next, on the podium, Rep. Han Joon-ho of the Democratic Party spoke for 2 hours and 52 minutes, advocating for the necessity of the BCT Law amendment bill. Rep. Han said, “Let\’s prevent the problem of operating the BCT in a 5-member system as a 2-member system. This is an issue that could happen in the future, so why oppose it?”‘, <br />, <br />, ‘The Democratic Party submitted a filibuster termination agreement at 5:32 p.m. the previous day. It is expected that a vote to end the filibuster will take place around 5:30 p.m. on this day, 24 hours later. According to the National Assembly Act, with the signatures of more than one-third of the present members, a motion to terminate the filibuster can be submitted to the Speaker. If more than three-fifths of the present members approve the motion 24 hours later through a secret ballot, the filibuster will be terminated. After the filibuster ends, the matter must be voted on immediately.’, <br />, <br />, ‘The People Power Party plans to conduct filibusters on individual bills once the filibuster related to the BCT Law is concluded and the amendment bills for the Broadcasting Law, Broadcasting Culture Promotion Commission Law, and the Korean Educational Broadcasting Corporation Law are presented.’, <br />, <br />, “Accordingly, for each of the ‘Broadcast 4 Laws’ bills, the process of ‘filibuster – termination vote – bill vote’ will be repeated. The termination vote for the filibuster is expected to take place on this day, as well as on the 28th, 29th, and 30th. On the 27th, the Democratic Party plans not to participate in the vote to end the filibuster due to their party convention schedule. However, the Democratic Party is expected to be on standby near the National Assembly in fear that the People Power Party might end the filibuster themselves and proceed to vote on the agenda.”, <br />, <br />, ‘The issue of the confirmation hearing for the BCT chairman candidate and the impeachment of the acting chairman also serve to cool the political climate. The presidential office stated on this day, “Lee Sang-in, vice chairman (standing member) of the BCT, has resigned,” adding, “The resignation of the vice chairman of BCT was in response to the opposition party\’s impeachment proposal, which has legal controversy, to prevent the BCT from becoming dysfunctional.”‘, <br />, <br />, ‘Both political parties are confronting issues related to the ‘Broadcast 4 Laws’ and the appointment of BCT officials without any compromise in order to maintain or expand influence over the media. The governance structure of public broadcasting has been an issue raised by both ruling and opposition parties even in previous governments.’, <br />, <br />, “The essence of the ‘Broadcast 4 Laws’ is to change the governance structure of public broadcasters such as KBS, MBC, and EBS. These bills contain provisions to increase the number of board members for public broadcasters to 21 and expand the authority to recommend board members to external entities such as broadcasting and media-related academic societies and viewer committees. It aims to weaken the influence of the BCT on the composition of the board members of public broadcasters.”, <br />, <br />, ‘The BCT Law amendment bill stipulates that the current law does not specify the minimum number of attendees for meetings and is operated only by a 2-member system, aiming to normalize the BCT by setting the minimum number of attendees required to convene a meeting to 4 and requiring approval by a majority of attending members for resolutions. If the required number of attendees is increased to 4, even the opposition\’s recommended BCT members\’ opposition alone could make it impossible to convene BCT meetings.’, <br />, <br />, ‘In this situation, even if the ‘Broadcast 4 Laws’ pass the threshold of the National Assembly, there is a high possibility that the President will exercise the right to request reconsideration (veto) as in the case of the Chae Sang-byeong special prosecutor\’s law (a bill concerning the appointment of special prosecutors to investigate the obstructing and concealing of the facts of the late Marine). Due to strong internal opposition within the ruling party, there is a high likelihood of rejection in the reconsideration vote. A People Power Party official said, “The ‘Broadcast 4 Laws’ face higher opposition within the party than the Chae Sang-byeong special prosecutor\’s law.”‘, ‘article_split’, <br />,</p>
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