Plan to vote on the amendment at the plenary session on the 2nd of next month
與 “Condemn lee Jae-myung’s bulletproof budget plan”
The Democratic Party of Korea independently passed an amendment reducing next year’s government budget (677.4 trillion won) by 4.1 trillion won at the general meeting of the National Assembly’s Budget and Accounts Special Committee on the 29th. This is the first time in history that the opposition party has independently processed a budget amendment at the Budget and Accounts Committee. The People power Party did not participate in the vote, protesting against the opposition party’s unilateral handling of the budget bill.
On this day, the Democratic party held a plenary meeting with the Budget and Budget Coordination Subcommittee of the Budget and Accounts and Accounts Committee, and the opposition party alone passed amendments that only reflected reductions in special activity expenses and government reserve funds for the President’s Office, Board of Audit and Inspection, prosecutors, and police.
Rep. Heo Young,secretary-general of the Democratic Party of the Budget and Accounts Committee,met with reporters after the meeting and said,“(The ruling party) emphasized fiscal austerity that forcibly tightens the people’s belts,and then decided to reduce the reserve fund that has been negligently managed over the past two years through humiliating diplomacy and illegal official residence relocations.” “(Processing the amendment) is a restoration of the National Assembly’s budget deliberation rights, which have been thoroughly trampled by the Yoon Seok-yeol government and the ruling party, and it is the right of the people to properly intentional the budget of the National Assembly,” he said. “It’s work,” he said. People Power Party members of the Budget and Accounts Committee issued a statement, saying, “We condemn the sole decision to vote on the ‘Lee Jae-myeong bulletproof’ budget plan,” adding, “In order to neutralize the functions of the prosecution, police, and Board of Audit and Inspection by cutting the budgets of the prosecution, police, and the Board of Audit and Inspection, the Korea Communications Standards Commission’s “Even basic expenses were cut mercilessly in a one-way manner,” he protested.
The Democratic Party plans to process the amendments that passed the Committee on Budget and Accounts at the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 2nd of next month. Even if the legal deadline has been passed, the budget bill has been passed through agreement between the ruling and opposition parties, so if this amendment is passed through the plenary session, it is indeed expected to be unprecedented. However, if national Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik refuses to submit the bill, demanding agreement between the ruling and opposition party leaders, there is a possibility that negotiations will continue until the 10th, the last day of the regular National Assembly session.
野, Presidential Office - Forces full reduction of special activity expenses… Protest against “Lee Jae-myung taking advantage of judicial risks”
No,the first time in the history of the Budget and Accounts Committee to be handled independently
‘Blue whale’ is also virtually cut in its entirety
Choi Sang-mok: “There is a possibility that the national function will be paralyzed.”
Attention to compromise between the ruling and opposition parties before the plenary session on the 2nd
The Committee on Budget and Accounts leaves in protest.
People Power Party lawmakers are leaving the plenary session of the Budget and settlement Special Committee held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the afternoon of the 29th.On this day, the Democratic party independently passed an amendment that reduced 4.1 trillion won in next year’s budget, including special activity expenses for the prosecution and the President’s Office. Reporter Park Hyeong-ki [email protected]
In the revised budget for next year, which the Democratic Party of Korea passed alone at the National Assembly’s budget and Accounts Special Committee on the 29th by reducing 4.1 trillion won, the entire budget for the President’s Office and the prosecution was fully reduced. The Democratic Party plans to implement its policy of reducing special activity expenses for powerful organizations even if it means giving up on increasing the major projects it is pursuing.In response to this, the People Power Party protested, saying, “This is a retaliatory cut against representative lee Jae-myung’s judicial risk.” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Choi Sang-mok also said in a statement, “The opposition party’s unilateral budget reduction proposal results in paralyzing the basic functions of the country,” and “We apologize for presenting and unilaterally handling an unreasonable budget reduction proposal that neglects the people’s livelihood without any sense of duty.” “I express deep regret,” he said. The Democratic Party completely cut 8.251 billion won in special activity expenses for the President’s Office, 8.09 billion won in special activity expenses for the prosecutor’s Office, and 50.691 billion won in specific business expenses for the Prosecutor’s Office.For the Board of Audit and inspection, special activity expenses of 1.519 billion won and special security expenses of 4.519 billion won were reduced. Police special activity expenses of 3.167 billion won were also completely cut.
The government’s reserve fund of 4.8 trillion won was reduced by half to 2.4 trillion won. The budget for the ‘Blue Whale Project’, one of the government’s core projects, was also drastically reduced by 49.72 billion won out of 50.557 billion won.The 41.66 billion won project cost for Seoul’s Yongsan Park was also reduced by 22.98 billion won, and the national investment support budget, which the opposition party pointed out as “Mrs. Kim Kun-hee’s budget,” was also cut by 7.475 billion won from the government’s 50.83 billion won. .
According to the Constitution, the National Assembly must obtain government consent to increase the budget or create new budget items, but reductions can be made without government consent. A key Democratic Party official said, “The government did not actively respond to the review of increases and decreases,” and “Because it was a disregard for the National Assembly’s right to review the budget, we had no choice but to vote on the reduction plan.” Unlike legislative bills, the president, the head of the executive branch, cannot exercise the right to request reconsideration (veto).
The People Power Party did not participate in the vote, protesting against the opposition party’s forced action. People Power Party lawmaker Kwak Gyu-taek, a member of the Budget and Accounts Committee, said, “Are you relieved if we unilaterally cut special activity expenses and special security expenses to satisfy Representative Lee (who is being investigated by the prosecution)?” and “With the budget plan, we are paralyzing the functions of the state and government, and the people are being harmed.” He criticized, “They abandoned their promise to review the necessary budget.” Rep. Koo Ja-geun, a ruling party secretary on the Budget and Accounts Committee, also claimed, “I have a reasonable suspicion that there was pressure from the higher-ups (the Democratic Party leadership).”
Deputy Prime Minister Choi met with reporters after the general meeting of the Budget and Accounts Committee and said, “There is a possibility that the essential functions of the country will be paralyzed.” At the Budget and Accounts Committee meeting that day, Deputy Prime Minister Choi showed his discomfort by sitting in his seat without saying a word and staring straight ahead, even though Democratic Party Chairman Park Jeong requested a greeting.
the Democratic Partyplans to process its own amendments at the plenary session on December 2nd. However, the People Power Party predicts that the likelihood of the budget bill being actually processed at the plenary session on the 2nd is not high. There is also speculation that the opposition party will continue budget negotiations between the ruling and opposition party leadership based on the reduction plan.
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