The speech to direct the first quarter of the , National Assembly , through its new name was elected Wednesday in a vote that was held in the presence of the ruling , Citizens Power Party.
Before a nonpartisan deal could be reached regarding the nomination of committee chairs, the second full session of the new Assembly expression was convened on this day.
The Democrat Party of Korea , — which outnumbers the , Citizens Power Party , by 171 to 108 — is pushing to seat all of the 17 boards of the Assembly. The ruling group objected, saying a single group dominating commission chairpersonship was “out of history and exceptional”.
The , Democrat Party- controlled Council pushed through with the full period where the fresh speaker— Rep.  , Woo Won- shik , — was elected. Out of the 192 current lawmakers of the , Democrat Party , and small parties, 189 voted in favor of having the five- day lawmaker as subsequent speaker.
No party members were absent from the ruling party, making this the first time the Democrat Party has taken punitive actions.
The People Power Party , protested Wednesday’s speech election as the , Democratic Party ‘s , “abuse of its Assembly majority”. ” The , Democrat Party , may stop with its one- group monopoly that buries politics at the Assembly”, the group said in a statement.
Woo, known for having led anti- Japan , activities within the , Democrat Party, has a reputation of being a” Japan , bird” among the foe group and spectators.
He went on a two- year hunger strike in July next year over , Japan ‘s , program to discard waste from the quake- wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant. He also formally asked the , International Atomic Energy Agency , chief , Rafael Grossi , to change the , United Nations , watchdog’s verdict that found , Japan ‘s , plan to be safe.
In his first remarks delivered as speaker, Woo said that the Assembly was facing a” crisis”. ” The legislative authority of the Assembly is a crisis”, he said, asking President , Yoon Suk Yeol , and his administration to “respect the Assembly and its unique authority”.
The two major parties locked horns over Yoon’s decision to fully suspend the 2018 inter- Korean pact, with the , Democratic Party , lawmakers who were part of the preceding , Moon Jae- in , administration slamming the move as a “death sentence to peace on the , Korean Peninsula”.
The nation was threatened with a war after Yoon halted the pact, in which the two Koreas agreed to limit military activity along the border in the wake of a thaw in relations in 2018.
In a joint statement, the lawmakers said with the pact’s suspension the , Korean Peninsula , has become a place where” not only military conflict but a full- blown war can break out at any given moment”.
Rep.  , Youn Kun- young, who was senior secretary for Moon, said that the series of provocations from , North Korea , were evidence that the conservative president’s “hawkish approach is not working”.
” If the so- called peace through force really worked, we should be seeing a decrease in provocations from , North Korea. But the opposite has been happening”, he said.
Rep.  , Han Ki- ho, who is steering the , People Power Party , committee for national security and defense affairs, told , The Korea Herald , that after , North Korea , withdrew from the pact altogether last year, a one- sided compliance on , South Korea ‘s , part was not “working out in our favor”.
” Right now, at the committee we are on the lookout for how , North Korea , is going to react to our government decision to halt the pact temporarily”.
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