The ruling and opposition parties are focusing on 'support for bereaved families and countermeasures'...a postponement of the standing committee's schedule

The power of the people, consoling the bereaved families the day after the disaster..."All-out efforts to recover"

Omitted Inauguration Ceremony for Emergency Committee Chairman Kwon Young-se...Visit the scene of the disaster

Democratic Party of Korea Articles Joint Incense After Top-Level On-Site Sculpture

Chairman Woo Won-sik discusses the settlement of the disaster with Acting President Choi Sang-mok.

[Anchor]
In the wake of the Jeju Air plane disaster, politicians are also refraining from political strife and focusing their efforts on resolving the accident.

The leaders of the ruling and opposition parties visited the scene of the disaster and comforted the bereaved families, and most parliamentary schedules, including standing committees, were pushed back.

Reporter Kang Min-kyung reports.

[Reporter]
Kwon Sung-dong, the floor leader of the People's Power Party, bowed to the bereaved family at the scene of the accident at Muan International Airport in Jeollanam-do.

He stressed that he would make every effort to settle the situation and find out the truth, saying that a tragic accident that should not have happened.

[Kwon Seong-dong / People's Power Floor Leader: We will do our best to heal your hearts as much as we can.]

Kwon Young-se, chairman of the emergency committee who began his official term, also skipped the inauguration ceremony and met with the bereaved families of the disaster to console them.

[Kwon Young-se / People's Power Emergency Management Committee Chairman: We are doing our best to serve the victims well on their last path. The power of our people will cooperate as much as possible at the central party level....]

The Democratic Party leadership, who visited the site from the day of the accident, also visited the joint memorial altar and prayed for the victims' rest.

Chairman Lee Jae-myung promised the party's full support at the Jeollanam-do Provincial Supreme Council earlier, saying that dealing with the accident is the top priority.

[Lee Jae-myung / Minjoo Party leader: What's important is to deal with the accident. Our party will do everything in its power around the Aviation Disaster Countermeasures Committee.]

The Democratic Party also said it will go through a fact-finding process centered on the National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, the standing committee in charge, and take all measures to punish those responsible.

[Kim Sung-hoe/ Spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Korea: The local government, metropolitan government and the Democratic Party will work together to resolve the accident.]

Chairman Woo Won-sik discussed with Acting President Choi Sang-mok, who visited the National Assembly as a precautionary measure, how to deal with the disaster.

[Park Tae-seo / Senior Secretary for Public Affairs, Speaker of the National Assembly: We had in-depth discussions on how to deal with accidents and support the bereaved families. Let me tell you that there is nothing to confirm about the current political issues.]

The meetings of the National Assembly Standing Committee, where questions on pending martial law issues were scheduled, were postponed one after another.

As a national disaster has occurred, political strife seems to be refraining as much as possible.

The last plenary session of this year to deal with bills on people's livelihoods has been decided to be held today (31st).

Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties will stop at a joint memorial altar to be set up in the National Assembly before the plenary session to commemorate the victims.

I'm Kang Min-kyung of YTN.

Reporter for filming
: Lee Sung-mo Han Sang-won
Video editing: Yang Young-woon