The budget bill has been put on hold, but...'Oppositional Reduction Plan' Debate at plenary session

Ruling and opposition parties engage in a war of words over the 'budget for next year' in the plenary session room
Democratic Party of Korea "exercising the right to deliberate on the legitimate budget of the National Assembly"
"Government proposal, 'trillion-dollar' money expenditure, and organization without evidence"

[Anchor]
Next year's budget, or the opposition party's sole reduction plan, which is in sharp conflict between the ruling and opposition parties, was not presented at the National Assembly plenary session today.

Chairman Woo Won-sik brokered the ruling and opposition parties to agree by the 10th, the last day of the regular parliamentary session, but the difference between the two sides also led to a war of words at the plenary session.

I'm connecting with the National Assembly reporter, reporter Lim Sung-jae!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's the National Assembly.

[Anchor]
The plenary session of the National Assembly just ended, right?

In the conference room, the ruling and opposition parties fought a war of words over the budget bill that was not proposed this time?

[Reporter]
Yes, at the beginning of the plenary session, lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties engaged in a war of words over next year's budget, which was not proposed today.

The secretaries of the ruling and opposition parties of the National Assembly's Special Committee on Budget and Accounts made remarks on the proceedings, and there were loud voices and criticism throughout the remarks.

First of all, the Democratic Party voiced that it had only exercised the right to deliberate on the National Assembly's budget.

In particular, he claimed that the government expenditure of the six major authorities in the government bill exceeded 2.2 trillion won, and about 1.1 trillion won was spent without any expenditure or evidence.

Let's hear the related remarks.

[Heo Young / Opposition Secretary of the National Assembly Budget Committee: In order to resolve the public's suspicions, the special activity cost was reduced to properly secure the National Assembly's right to deliberate on the budget.]

The government's reserve of nearly 5 trillion won was also overstated, stressing that a 2.4 trillion won cut in the budget is sufficient.

On the other hand, the People's Power was responded that the budget for the reduction led by the opposition party was for bulletproof purposes, representative Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party.

Both the ruling and opposition parties suspected that the budget bill, which had been fiercely agonized, had changed since the order of the Democratic Party of Korea's "upper line."

Let's hear the related remarks.

[Koo Ja-geun / Secretary of the ruling party on the National Assembly Budget Committee: Aren't you ashamed? You're shy, right? Why? Isn't CEO Lee Jae-myung doing this for BTS? Isn't it so?]

In addition, the opposition party blamed the disruptions, listing each budget cut by the opposition party, including investment in the hearts of the people and child care support allowances.

[Anchor]
In this sharp debate, the budget bill, and National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik urged negotiations by the 10th, right?

[Reporter]
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik said shortly after the 'three-way meeting' with the floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties was canceled in the morning

Instead of presenting next year's budget bill to the plenary session today, the ruling and opposition parties urged them to agree by the 10th, the last day of the regular session of the National Assembly.

Let's hear the related remarks.

[Won-Sik Woo / Speaker of the National Assembly: The government should be more committed to expanding the budget for people's livelihoods and the future. Again, we ask for more mature discussions between the ruling and opposition parties and the government's active efforts.

However, it is questionable whether the difference will be narrowed over the opposition-led reduction plan, which has decreased by KRW 4.1 trillion from 677.4 trillion to special activity costs for assessment agencies.

People's Power made it clear at the Budget and Accounts Committee last week that there would be no further negotiations unless the opposition apologized for "slapping" the cuts.

Let's listen to floor leader Choo Kyung-ho's remarks.

[Choo Kyung-ho / People's Power Floor Leader: Repeal the budget bill passed by the National Assembly Budget Committee] and apologize again. Otherwise, we will not engage in further negotiations, any further negotiations.]

On the other hand, the Democratic Party pointed out that the people's power did not respond to the conversation and that the government and the ruling party need to change their position forward.

Let's hear Park Chan-dae's remarks.

[Park Chan-dae / Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea: We are not receiving any suggestions from Chairman Choo Kyung-ho. Our opposition party has no power to increase the amount, so we have no choice but to reduce the amount...]

[Anchor]
At the plenary session, the impeachment motion against prosecutors, including Choi Hae-soo, the chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, and Lee Chang-soo, the chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, was reported, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the plenary session reported the "impeachment of the head of the Board of Audit and Inspection and the prosecutor" promoted by the opposition party.

Three prosecutors, including Choi Hae-jae, the head of the Audit Office, and Lee Chang-soo, the head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, are eligible.

The opposition party plans to vote on the impeachment bill reported today at the plenary session the day after tomorrow.

The opposition party cites the reason that the impeachment drive was due to the audit of illegal allegations of relocation of the presidential office and official residence or the lack of investigation into Kim's stock price manipulation, but

The ruling party strongly opposes the Democratic Party's 'retaliation impeachment' against the assessment agency.

Han Dong-hoon, chairman of the People's Power Party, also pointed out at the morning meeting that the Democratic Party of Korea is going to impeach those who investigated or investigated them, and that it is driving the Republic of Korea into anarchy.

So far, I'm YTN Lim Sungjae in the National Assembly.