Chairman of the National Assembly "Postponement of the budget proposal..."The ruling and opposition parties, please reach an agreement by the 10th."

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As the ruling and opposition parties are confronting each other over next year's government budget, National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik said he will delay the plenary session of the budget bill.

The ruling and opposition parties asked for an agreement by the 10th, saying they apologized to the public today (2nd) because they could not meet the legal deadline for the budget bill.

Let's hear the contents of Chairman Woo's press conference in person.

[Won-Sik Woo / Speaker of the National Assembly: After much consideration, the Speaker has decided not to bring the budget to the plenary session today. As a result, we couldn't meet the legal deadline. I am very sorry to the people. The reason why the Speaker of the National Assembly delayed the introduction of the budget bill to the plenary session even after failing to comply with the legal deadline is that it is difficult to give hope to the people at this time. I strongly ask the ruling and opposition parties. The budget bill must be processed by December 10, when the regular session of the National Assembly ends. We need to make the country's living a real force for people's livelihoods and prepare for the future. As our 22nd National Assembly promised to the people, please agree on a budget to protect the people and a budget to move toward the future.]