2024-05-01 11:38:06
The ruling and opposition parties partially amended the ‘Itaewon Disaster Special Act (Special Act to Guarantee the Rights of Victims of the October 29 Itaewon Disaster, Find out the Truth, and Prevent Reoccurrence)’, which returned to the National Assembly in January this year through President Yoon Seok-yeol’s right to request reconsideration (veto), and passed it to the National Assembly on the 2nd. It was agreed on the 1st to handle it again at the plenary session. It has been a year and a half since the Itaewon disaster occurred in October 2022. The President’s Office said, “We welcome this agreement. “The outcome of the meeting between President Yoon and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung,” he said. “President Yoon respects all bills passed through agreement between the ruling and opposition parties.” “He has no intention of exercising his veto,” he said.
However, the ruling and opposition parties continued to have conflicting positions on the ‘Corporal Chae Special Prosecutor Act’ and the ‘Amendment to the Special Act on Jeonse Fraud’. Hong Ik-pyo, floor leader of the Democratic Party, said, “We will handle the two controversial bills independently at the plenary session on the 2nd,” and the People Power Party responded, “If the Democratic Party proceeds to process the Special Prosecutor Act on Corporal Chae on its own without agreement, we will oppose the opening of the plenary session itself.” I stood.
Lee Yang-soo of the People Power Party and Park Joo-min, senior vice floor leader of the Democratic Party, held a press conference at the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 1st and announced agreements on key issues in the Itaewon Special Act. Article 30, which the People Power Party opposed as a “poisonous clause,” contains the authority of the Special Investigation Committee (Special Investigation Committee) to request warrants. △ The Special Investigation Committee conducts fact-finding investigations ex officio or submits data on cases where the case has been rejected or investigation suspended. It was decided to delete Article 28, which provides commanding authority, from the bill. Senior floor leader Lee said, “The Democratic Party accepted the deletion of the poisoning clause in the interest of cooperation.” Senior floor leader Park added, “This is because the bereaved families and victims have expressed the opinion that the most important principle is for the ruling and opposition parties to reach an agreement.”
The composition of the special committee, which was a key issue, was revised from the original 11 members to 9 members. The activity period was set to be within one year as originally planned and could be extended within three months. These two passages reflect the Democratic Party’s arguments.
Reporter Ahn Gyu-young kyu0@donga.com
Reporter Kwon Gu-yong 9dragon@donga.com
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2024-05-01 11:38:06