The government will put the veto on hold tomorrow..."Thinking about it until this week's deadline."

People's Power Suggests President to Vote Ahead of Impeachment

The deadline for exercising the veto of six bills is

until the 21st.The Insurrection Special Prosecutor Act and the Kim Gun-hee Special Prosecutor Act are also likely to be subject to veto.

[Anchor]
Acting President Han Deok-soo is considering vetoing a controversial bill that passed the National Assembly led by the opposition party.

First of all, we decided not to present the related agenda at the Cabinet meeting tomorrow (17th), but we have to come to a conclusion by this week, the deadline for exercising the veto.

I'm reporter Lee Jong-gu.

[Reporter]
There are currently six bills subject to veto.

These are the so-called "Four Agricultural Laws," including the Grain Management Act, which was handled by the opposition party last month, the National Assembly Act, and the National Assembly Testimony Appraisal Act.

The People's Power previously proposed veto to President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is about to be prosecuted for impeachment.

[Kwon Seong-dong / Floor Leader of People's Power (last 13th): The President's formal request for the exercise of the right to request reconsideration is still in effect.]

The deadline for vetoing the six bills is the 21st.

Another controversial bill is the Insurrection Special Prosecutor Act and the Kim Gun-hee Special Prosecutor Act, which passed the fourth National Assembly.

It has not yet been transferred to the government, so it is not subject to veto, but the list price predicts that the moment of decision will come around the end of this month or early next year.

[Lee Jae-myung/Democratic Party leader: The main task of acting is to maintain the status quo in textbooks, and it is not allowed to change the status quo or form a new order]

The ruling and opposition parties are sharply divided over these bills, but another source of conflict is whether the acting president can veto them.

This is because there is no regulation on the scope of the acting president's authority anywhere in the constitution.

[Lee Ki-heon / Rep. of the Democratic Party of Korea (last 13th): If you become the acting president, can you exercise your right to request reconsideration?]

[Han Deok-soo / Acting President: I will examine that in depth internally.]

Instead of presenting the bill to the Cabinet meeting, the government decided to communicate more with the ruling and opposition parties and listen to the opinions of those involved.

However, the ruling and opposition parties seem to be inevitable no matter what the conclusion is, as they have to decide whether to exercise their veto power by the 21st, the deadline.

I'm YTN Lee Jong-gu.



Video editing: Kim Jiyeon