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President Yoon Seok-yeol announced that he would veto any bill passed without an agreement between the ruling and opposition parties.
Right now, not only the Yellow Envelope Act, but also controversial bills such as the Grain Management Act and the Nursing Act are scheduled to be brought to the plenary session one after another.
The political confrontation seems to be getting bigger.
Reporter Lee Jung-eun will tell you.
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The National Assembly Environment and Labor Committee Agenda Selection Committee held today.
The ruling and opposition parties were engaged in a war of words over the so-called ‘yellow envelope law’, which prevents excessive damages lawsuits against striking workers.
[이수진/더불어민주당 의원]
“Chairman, please proceed now. Close the door now…”
[임이자/국민의힘 의원]
“No, what… take it. I don’t know why I can’t reveal it because I’m afraid.”
Following the subcommittee, the Democratic Party and the Justice Party also passed the agenda setting committee without the ruling party.
I haven’t even crossed the threshold of the standing committee yet, but already there is talk of the president’s veto.
[임이자/국민의힘 의원]
“Is there anything more to do than join hands with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and attack the Yoon Seok-yeol government? The president has to veto this.”
In fact, the President’s office is considering a plan to exercise the president’s right to request reconsideration, that is, the right to veto, if a bill led by the opposition parties is passed without an agreement between the ruling and opposition parties.
It is said that President Yoon Seok-yeol said this directly to his staff.
The grain management law, the nursing law, as well as the yellow envelope law, which are already on the plenary session, are more likely to be vetoed by the president.
[이수진/더불어민주당 의원]
“Whether it’s a 2/3 vote and a majority vote in favor of it, if it passes through the plenary session, the president should humbly accept this bill because it is the legislature’s authority.”
In a situation where compromise or dialogue with the opposition party has been virtually cut off due to the prosecution’s investigation of the opposition leader, the political world is expected to freeze more if a bunch of vetoes are exercised.
This is Lee Jeong-eun from MBC News.
Video coverage: Kim Hee-gun / Editing: Song Ji-won
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