The ruling and opposition parties agreed to re-admit the ‘First Lady Kim Kun-hee Special Prosecutor Act’ on the 10th of next month. Ms. Kim’s Special Prosecutor Act was returned to the National Assembly with President Yoon Seok-yeol exercising his right to reconsider (veto) for the third time on the 26th. Initially, the opposition party planned to hold a re-vote on the 28th, but it appears that they will do their best to postpone the date by two weeks and aim for votes to break away from the ruling party.
Park Chan-dae, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, met with reporters after a meeting with the Speaker of the National Assembly and floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties this afternoon and said, “It has been decided that a re-decision regarding Ms. Kim’s special prosecution will be held on December 10, the last day of the regular National Assembly session.” Regarding the postponement of the re-decision period from the original, floor leader Park said, “The ruling party and the opposition party must do their best to participate in the vote, so I thought it would be appropriate to accurately schedule the re-decision date and allow (both the ruling and opposition parties) to sufficiently prepare, so we set aside 10 days.” “We agreed on a re-decision date,” he said.
The ruling and opposition parties decided to hold the plenary session of the National Assembly on December 2, 4, and 10 in addition to the originally scheduled date of November 28. Among these, on the 2nd, there will be a report on the impeachment indictment against three prosecutors, including Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office Chief Lee Chang-soo, in relation to the decision not to indict Mrs. Kim on suspicion of stock price manipulation of Deutsche Motors.
Previously, the Democratic Party alone passed the special prosecution bill for Ms. Kim, which was proposed for the third time at the plenary session on the 14th. In the revised bill, the number of investigation targets from 14 was reduced to three, including the suspicion of Deutsche Motors stock price manipulation, the Kim Kun-hee-Myeong Tae-kyun gate, and incidents recognized during the related investigation. It also includes a ‘third-party recommendation of special prosecutor candidates’ method in which the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court recommends four candidates for special prosecutors, and the Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Korea select one person each, and then the president appoints them. However, a ‘non-vote clause’ was included that allows the opposition party to request re-recommendation of a candidate.
The Democratic Party planned to pass the Special Prosecutor Act at the plenary session on the 28th. However, it was agreed with the People Power Party to postpone the re-decision date to the 10th of next month. Regarding this, floor leader Park explained, “I thought it was appropriate for the ruling and opposition parties to do their best to participate in the vote so that they can fully prepare.” In order for a bill to be reconsidered to pass the plenary session again, a majority of the registered members (300) must attend and the approval of more than two-thirds of the members present is required. If 8 out of 108 ruling party members vote in favor, the Special Prosecutor Act will be passed.
Jo Hye-sun, Donga.com reporter [email protected]
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