The Democratic Party of Korea criticized the government network paralysis caused by the fire at the National Information Resources Service as "the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's administrative incompetence." The Democratic Party said it would secure related funds during next year's budget review to prevent a recurrence and would significantly strengthen the national information infrastructure.
Floor leader Kim Byung-gi said at a floor countermeasures meeting at the National Assembly that "this incident was fully foreseeable, and the responsibility of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, which failed to prepare the necessary budget and measures, is clear." He noted, "What is important is not to repeat the same mistake," adding, "We must work with the government to swiftly support the necessary budget and strengthen the safety of the national information infrastructure. Concrete measures such as a dual-operation system for the network must be pushed ahead quickly."
Policy Committee Chair Han Jeong-ae also said it was "showy administration that deceived the public by the (Yoon Suk-yeol administration) and incompetent administration that ultimately led to an even more serious paralysis of the administrative network." Han pointed out that after the 2023 government network outage, the Yoon Suk-yeol administration rolled out the "measures to enhance trust in digital administrative services," pledging to strengthen the resilience of core infrastructure, but actual budget support did not follow.
The Democratic Party said it will use this incident to prepare measures to prevent a recurrence and secure funding. Han, the policy committee chair, said, "We will take the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's incompetence and irresponsibility as a lesson. We will make sure to prepare solid measures to prevent a recurrence," emphasizing, "In the National Assembly's budget review process, we will secure the related funds and firmly strengthen the digital infrastructure."
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party urged the People Power Party to restart the livelihood-economy council, which was halted due to extreme confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties, and again proposed holding a plenary session on Oct. 2 to pass noncontentious livelihood bills.
Floor leader Kim said, "We are ready to talk at any time if it concerns livelihood and economic issues," and called, "Let's immediately restart the livelihood-economy council, which has been stopped for three weeks." This council was proposed by People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok at a meeting between President Lee Jae-myung and the ruling and opposition party leaders on the 8th, and was to be formed after Democratic Party leader Jeong Cheong-rae and the president accepted it, but its launch has been halted due to the ruling party's reversal on an agreement over three special counsel bills and the forcible push of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae and the Government Organization Act amendment.
Deputy floor leader for operations Moon Jin-seok said, "The National Assembly is piled high with livelihood bills directly tied to people's lives," again urging, "Let's hold a plenary session on Oct. 2 to handle them." Among the 69 noncontentious livelihood bills that were pushed back in the filibuster standoff are ▲ the Infant and Child Care Act, which includes support for daycare centers in regions with population decline ▲ the Emergency Medical Services Act, which prevents delays in emergency room transport ▲ the Tourism Promotion Act, which bans the installation of illegal cameras ▲ the Employment Insurance Act, which provides support in cases of large-scale employment crises ▲ and an amendment to the Commercial Building Lease Protection Act, which prevents bypass hikes in maintenance fees.
Floor spokesperson Baek Seung-a said, "If 69 bills are difficult, the party proposed at least handling 10 key bills, but the People Power Party is not responding."