Written : 2025-12-13 12:00:00 KST
As we approach the end of the year, the National Assembly is wrapping up its sessions, but contentious issues remain, causing friction between the ruling and main opposition parties. To discuss this further, we have our political correspondent Ahn Sung-jin in studio. Welcome Sung-jin. Thanks for having me, Soo-jin. First, walk us through what happened on the last day of the regular session at the National Assembly earlier this week. Right, Soo-jin, Tuesday marked the last day of the regular session at the National Assembly, and a plenary session was underway when the People Power Party initiated a filibuster.
----------------
contentious [kənˈtenʃəs] 논쟁이 많이 벌어지는
friction (사람 사이의) 마찰[알력]
walk somebody through (어떤 것을 배우거나 익힐 수 있도록 단계별로 차례차례) ~에게 ~을 보여 주다
----------------
That plenary session was supposed to start at 2 PM, but the two ruling and main opposition parties failed to reach an agreement on the agenda, so the party leaders, as well as the National Assembly speaker Woo Won-shik, agreed to postpone the session until 4 PM. When the session eventually began, and the Democratic Party moved forward with the controversial Franchise Business Act provision, the People Power Party launched a filibuster in response. The first speaker in the filibuster had her microphone cut off as the National Assembly speaker deemed her remarks unrelated to the franchise bill. Other PPP lawmakers approached the speaker to protest the decision.
----------------
plenary session 전체 회의, 총회, 본회의
Franchise Business Act 체인점 기업법
provision 조항, 규정
----------------
The National Assembly had planned to open its afternoon plenary session to process three government guarantee approvals, as well as 59 bills. However, with the PPP filing for a filibuster on all 59 bills, the proceedings were brought to a halt. This was not a surprise as the PPP had already made it clear that if the DP pushed forward with any contentious legislation, it would launch a filibuster against any bills brought to the floor. An extraordinary session of the National Assembly convened on Thursday. What did we see there? Well, we were supposed to see a vote on the government guarantee approvals and bills from Tuesday at the first plenary session of the December extraordinary session.
----------------
bring to a halt …을 정지시키다
legislation 법률의 제정, 입법 행위
First off, the Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act was approved after it had been pushed back due to a previous filibuster. But when it was the turn of the next item on the agenda, the Criminal Procedure Act, the People Power Party initiated another filibuster. Then Sung-jin, what's expected between now and the end of the year? So we can expect major delays for the passage of bills. A filibuster can end 24 hours after it begins with the approval of three-fifths of all lawmakers. But because each bill requires a separate vote to end the filibuster, only one bill can be processed per day. The PPP has labeled the judicial reform bills pushed by the DP as "evil," and as I said before, the party will continue to filibuster all bills brought to the floor.
----------------
The Criminal Procedure Act 형사소송법
three-fifths 5 분의 3
label (특히 부당하게) 딱지[꼬리표]를 붙이다
the judicial reform bills 사법 개혁 법안
floor 참가장, 회의장
----------------
"As we have already promised the public, we have made it clear that we will fight against every bill brought to the plenary session with filibusters unless the ruling party withdraws its attempt to pass the eight unacceptable, unconstitutional laws." "The PPP is now even taking livelihood-related bills hostage. I don't know how to interpret the fact that they are blocking even the bills they proposed. In the end, they are holding people's livelihoods hostage through these filibusters." We will have to keep an eye on the National Assembly next week to see how these issues are resolved. Thanks for the wrap-up, Sung-jin. My pleasure as always.
-------------------
take livelihoood-related bills hostage 생계 관련 법안을 인질로 잡기 ============
영어 원문 출처 및 동영상 링크;
arirang news/Nat'l/Politics
https://m.arirang.com/news/view?id=290387