Blue House opposed to parliamentary public hearing bill
时间:2024-09-23 14:32:11 来源:泸州新闻网
Cheong Wa Dae on Friday expressed its disapproval over an incoming bill allowing the parliamentary committees to call for public hearings more frequently, claiming that such expanded legislative authority will hinder the nation’s administrative function.
But opposition parties, pledging not to abuse their position as a parliamentary majority, demanded the presidential office respect the legislature’s bill-passing rights and abide by the new rule.
“The bill may invest the legislature with excessive rights and paralyze the administration’s functions,” said a Blue House official.
“How may a public servant push one’s decision through if the parliamentary committee were to summon a public hearing on every substantial issue?”
The corresponding bill should thus be revised as soon as the incoming 20th National Assembly kicks off, the official added.
The presidential house, however, refrained from officially voicing its dissent.
“We will make due consideration over the bill and let you know our disposition, if necessary,” spokesperson Jeong Yeon-guk told reporters.
The outgoing 19th National Assembly holds its final session on Thursday. Yonhap
On Thursday, the parliament passed the revision bill of the National Assembly Act, with 117 voting in favor, 79 against and 26 abstaining.
The approved bill permits a parliamentary committee to call for a public hearing on the deliberation or investigation of key agenda items. The current law limits such occasions to cases related to law revisions or state audits.
The expanded authority of the legislature is to act in favor of the opposition camp which, as result of the April 13 general election, has come to account for a parliamentary majority.
The Minjoo Party of Korea and the runner-up opposition People’s Party respectively hold 123 and 38 seats, accounting for 161 out of 300 total seats and outrunning by far the ruling conservative Saenuri Party with 122 seats.
“The Minjoo Party will not abuse its expanded rights (to call for public hearings),” said the Minjoo Party’s floor leader Rep. Woo Sang-ho, dismissing the concerns of the presidential office and ruling party.
“Also, the type and range of hearings that individual committees may summon are limited, as complex cases such as the humidifier disinfectant case involves multiple committees and large corruption cases are to be dealt in a separate task force.”
The People’s Party whip Rep. Park Jie-won, too, advocated the legitimacy of the revision bill.
“It is a core function of the legislature to monitor the government,” Park told reporters.
“In fact, the very reason that the (outgoing) 19th National Assembly often came under fire is because it blindly followed Cheong Wa Dae’s instructions.”
The Saenuri, reflecting the presidential office‘s disapproval, pointed finger at parliamentary Speaker Chung Ui-hwa who laid the bill to the floor.
“Speaker Chung took the bill to vote arbitrarily, discarding the inter-party agreement,” said the party’s vice floor leader Rep. Kim Do-eup on Thursday, shortly after the disputed revision bill was passed by the general meeting.
“(The Saenuri) should be embarrassed by its own remarks which makes naught of the parliamentary speaker’s authority,” Chung replied through reporters Friday.
“A bill, after passing the legislation and judiciary committee, is subject to a full floor vote and it is entirely up to the speaker to schedule the vote.”
A number of Saenuri nonmainstream members also gave their consent for the bill, further boosting the recent speculations that Chung and the outsider group may split from the party and form a new political entity.
By Bae Hyun-jung (tellme@heraldcorp.com)
But opposition parties, pledging not to abuse their position as a parliamentary majority, demanded the presidential office respect the legislature’s bill-passing rights and abide by the new rule.
“The bill may invest the legislature with excessive rights and paralyze the administration’s functions,” said a Blue House official.
“How may a public servant push one’s decision through if the parliamentary committee were to summon a public hearing on every substantial issue?”
The corresponding bill should thus be revised as soon as the incoming 20th National Assembly kicks off, the official added.
The presidential house, however, refrained from officially voicing its dissent.
“We will make due consideration over the bill and let you know our disposition, if necessary,” spokesperson Jeong Yeon-guk told reporters.
On Thursday, the parliament passed the revision bill of the National Assembly Act, with 117 voting in favor, 79 against and 26 abstaining.
The approved bill permits a parliamentary committee to call for a public hearing on the deliberation or investigation of key agenda items. The current law limits such occasions to cases related to law revisions or state audits.
The expanded authority of the legislature is to act in favor of the opposition camp which, as result of the April 13 general election, has come to account for a parliamentary majority.
The Minjoo Party of Korea and the runner-up opposition People’s Party respectively hold 123 and 38 seats, accounting for 161 out of 300 total seats and outrunning by far the ruling conservative Saenuri Party with 122 seats.
“The Minjoo Party will not abuse its expanded rights (to call for public hearings),” said the Minjoo Party’s floor leader Rep. Woo Sang-ho, dismissing the concerns of the presidential office and ruling party.
“Also, the type and range of hearings that individual committees may summon are limited, as complex cases such as the humidifier disinfectant case involves multiple committees and large corruption cases are to be dealt in a separate task force.”
The People’s Party whip Rep. Park Jie-won, too, advocated the legitimacy of the revision bill.
“It is a core function of the legislature to monitor the government,” Park told reporters.
“In fact, the very reason that the (outgoing) 19th National Assembly often came under fire is because it blindly followed Cheong Wa Dae’s instructions.”
The Saenuri, reflecting the presidential office‘s disapproval, pointed finger at parliamentary Speaker Chung Ui-hwa who laid the bill to the floor.
“Speaker Chung took the bill to vote arbitrarily, discarding the inter-party agreement,” said the party’s vice floor leader Rep. Kim Do-eup on Thursday, shortly after the disputed revision bill was passed by the general meeting.
“(The Saenuri) should be embarrassed by its own remarks which makes naught of the parliamentary speaker’s authority,” Chung replied through reporters Friday.
“A bill, after passing the legislation and judiciary committee, is subject to a full floor vote and it is entirely up to the speaker to schedule the vote.”
A number of Saenuri nonmainstream members also gave their consent for the bill, further boosting the recent speculations that Chung and the outsider group may split from the party and form a new political entity.
By Bae Hyun-jung (tellme@heraldcorp.com)
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