There is no unlimited discussion … Popular Power “I will do it early next year”

The confrontation of the legislative action of the ruling party, including the Law of Investigation of Crimes of High Level Officers, and the confrontation of the opposition party to dissuade it, expanded into an unusual situation called obstructionism in the entire temporary assembly. It is observed that the unrestricted debate (Filibustero), which began as the first opposition party, the Popular Force, opposed the application of the reform to the Air Transport Law, could extend beyond the year until next month. Contrary to the expectation that the gigantic ruling party would end the filibuster early, when the opposition party announced that it would guarantee the right to debate, the 58 members of the first elected members of the People’s Power decided to participate in the filibuster. There is a case in which the Democratic Party, the opposition party at the time, due to the controversy over the anti-terrorism law during the provisional National Assembly in February 2016, played a filibuster for 192 hours straight.

On the 11th, the first elected legislators held a press conference in the National Assembly, saying, “We are crying out to the people so desperately through the least resistance we can make, obstructionism,” and said, “Everyone will enter the obstructionism all night from today. ” . On the last day of the ordinary meeting, on the 9th, the popular force carried out a three-hour obstructionism against the amendment to the Air Transport Law, but the following day a plenary session of the extraordinary meeting was called due to the expiration of session, and the bill was approved immediately. Then, it has initiated an obstructionism on the amendment to the Law of the National Intelligence Service.

If all the first elected members of the People’s Power leave, the obstructionism can continue until the 8th of next month, the last day of the extraordinary session of the assembly. It is estimated that it takes ten days to speak only four hours per person. Furthermore, participation is open to members other than those of the first election, and it seems inevitable that a prolonged period is unavoidable if the discussion time of the legislator of the ruling party who is in favor of the amendment of the law is added as a rebuttal.

Park Hyung-soo, the first elected member of the People’s Power, said, “There are no restrictions (regarding the time of termination).” Representative Lee Young from the same party explained, “I will explain the law that is close to evil through obstructionism and convey to the public the thoughts of early members of the opposition party on various topics, such as economic, housing and welfare policies. public”.

If the Democratic Party is satisfied, it can present a “ consent to terminate ” to the Speaker of the National Assembly and end the obstructionism with an anonymous vote of more than three-fifths (180) of current lawmakers. However, the leader of the Democratic Party, Kim Tae-nyeon, sent a text message to lawmakers that day, saying, “We decided to respect the views of opposition parties, such as the force of the people and the Justice Party, to ensure sufficient expression of intent. ” “He said. It can also be interpreted in the sense that there is no urgent need for the ruling party to have already approved the plenary session on the modification of the Air Transport Law, which was the key to the confrontation with the government.

As a result, there is skepticism that even if the opposition party remains an obstructionist, it is only a “passage of time.” There are also criticisms that the hospital management relies only on the preventive resolution of the first candidates in the absence of a strategy. The first elections voluntarily planned an individual protest in front of the Blue House after Attorney General Yoon Seok-yeol’s job exclusion broke out last month and he held a relay rally for a week.

There is also concern that the statements of some legislators who participated in the filibuster reinforce rather the image of “last word” and “dislike.” Representative Lee Chul-gyu, who spoke for 8 hours and 44 minutes as the first runner of the National Intelligence Service Law, said on the podium the day before: “The woman who supported President Moon Jae-in because he is handsome and emotional is turning heads these days. ” In the process of continuing his comments on the police law review, he said: “There are not many countries on the planet where ‘children’ can walk at night.” Democratic Party spokesman Kang Sun-woo criticized this as “blatant and blatant comments against women.” The filibuster has been running for approximately 25 hours at 4pm this day. In the power of the people, following representatives Lee Cheol-gyu, Cho Tae-yong, Kim Ung and Yoon Hee-sook, in the Democratic Party, Kim Byung-ki, Hong Ik-pyo and Ogi-hyung stood at the podium at the intersection of opposition parties.

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