First-term lawmaker Kim Yong-tae broke the filibuster record
His speech lasted ’13 hours 12 minutes,’ longer than Yoon Hee-suk’s ’12 hours 47 minutes’
“I will wait for the return to the original Democratic Party”,
Kim Yong-tae, a member of the People Power Party, conducting an unlimited debate (filibuster) in opposition to the amended bill of the Korean Educational Broadcasting Corporation Act (EBS Act) at the main conference room of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 29th. /Photo=news1,
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, ‘On the 29th, Kim Yong-tae, a first-term lawmaker of the People Power Party (Yeonsu, Pocheon-si, Gapyung-gun), set a new record for the longest filibuster in history during the filibuster on the amended bill of the Korean Educational Broadcasting Corporation Act (EBS Act). The previous record was held by Yoon Hee-suk, a former member of the People Power Party, who filibustered for 12 hours and 47 minutes last December to block bills such as the National Intelligence Service Act and North-South Relations Development Act.’,
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, ‘Kim started the filibuster on the EBS Act amended bill at 8:30 a.m. and broke the record by surpassing 12 hours and 48 minutes of speaking time as of 9:21 p.m. He concluded the filibuster with 13 hours and 12 minutes of speaking time by 9:46 p.m. Applause erupted among members of the People Power Party in the National Assembly’s main conference hall both when Kim set the new filibuster record and when he finished speaking.’,
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, ‘During the debate, Kim criticized Democratic Party members, saying, “I criticize the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, President Yoon Suk-yeol, and First Lady Kim Gun-hee. But are there any Democratic Party members criticizing the former party leader? Are they going to line up to receive nominations from the former leader?” He added, “I passed through the preliminary round and came up. I have thought about the conservative party, conservatism, and the nation, and have sometimes criticized. I thought that was one way for diversity to be respected in liberal democracy and that it was the path Korea should take, but the recent behavior shown by the Democratic Party is not that.”‘,
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Kim Yong-tae, a member of the People Power Party, conducting an unlimited debate (filibuster) in opposition to the amended bill of the Korean Educational Broadcasting Corporation Act (EBS Act) at the main conference room of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 29th. With National Assembly Speaker Yoo Won-sik on the right. /Photo=news1,
, ‘Regarding the targeting of allegations against Im Jin-sook, a nominee for the chairman of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, during his time as MBC president, Kim said, “If these allegations against this nominee’s corporate card are wrong, aren’t the allegations against the former leader’s corporate card also wrong?” He further stated, “Allegations of corporate cards against First Lady Kim Hye-kyung were prosecuted by the prosecution. Why are Democratic Party members not saying anything about this? Is the former leader’s card a lawless card?”‘,
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, ‘He also said, “I will firmly oppose bills that the Democratic Party is pushing through with force. I will firmly resist the broadcast scenarios the Democratic Party is trying to dominate, infringing on power and plotting impeachment. On the other hand, I will acknowledge the Democratic Party as an opposition party. Many people are waiting for cooperation and unity between the ruling and opposition parties. I also hope and expect the Democratic Party to return to its original form.” He added.’,
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As Kim Yong-tae, a member of the People Power Party, conducts an unlimited debate (filibuster) in opposition to the amended bill of the Korean Educational Broadcasting Corporation Act (EBS Act) at the main conference room of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the morning of the 29th, some opposition members are seen leaving. /Photo=news1,
, ‘A People Power Party official said, “Kim, born in 1990, showed tremendous energy.” Kim’s filibuster was broadcast live on the party’s official YouTube channel, ‘The People Power TV,’ where supporters commented, “I saw Kim Yong-tae again,” “It brings tears to my eyes,” “You worked too hard,” and so on.’,
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, “On the same day in the plenary session, the opposition party forcibly ended the People Power Party’s filibuster, which had begun shortly after the presentation of the Broadcasting Culture Promotion Commission Act (also known as the Broadcasting Promotion Act) on the early morning of the 28th, in about 31 hours and passed the bill to a vote. The EBS Act will likely be passed through the same process on the morning of the 30th. Kim responded to this by engaging in a long filibuster.”,
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, “The filibuster system is a means by which a minority party legitimately obstructs the legislative dominance of a majority party. It was abolished in 1973 but reintroduced in 2012 with the so-called ‘National Assembly Advancement Act.’ Since its reintroduction, the Democratic Party, in February 2016, engaged in a filibuster opposing the ‘Anti-Terrorism Act’ for nine days, lasting 192 hours and 25 minutes for the first time.”