The People Power Party called for National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik to resign.
On the 11th, the People Power Party submitted a resolution urging Woo to step down. The reason was that the speaker violated political neutrality and cut off the microphone of an opposition lawmaker who launched a filibuster (a lawful obstruction of proceedings through unlimited debate).
On the 9th, during a plenary session, as People Power Party lawmaker Na Kyung-won was conducting a filibuster, Speaker Woo said she was "speaking off topic" and turned off her microphone. It was the first time in 61 years since 1964 that a filibustering lawmaker's microphone had been cut.
The speaker's office explained that the microphone was cut in accordance with the National Assembly Act, but there were many instances in the past, when the Democratic Party was the opposition, where a Democratic Party member acting as presiding officer did not take issue with Democratic lawmakers making off-topic remarks.
At the plenary session held that day, People Power Party lawmaker Kwak Kyu-taek repeatedly mocked Woo's actions. Taking the podium for a filibuster against the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act, Kwak bowed 90 degrees toward Woo for about five seconds in a long greeting. It was a jab at Woo for taking issue when Na skipped the greeting on the 9th.
Kwak then opened a sketchbook and went straight at Woo. He said, "I took this from the movie Love Actually. I tried to give it a Christmas feel," as he flipped through the pages one by one. The sketchbook had phrases like "The speaker obstructed a filibuster for the first time in 61 years" and "Mr. Speaker, are you going to cut the mic again?" written on it.
When Woo tried to stop Kwak's remarks and actions, Kwak said, "The National Assembly Act does not allow anyone to interrupt a lawmaker during unlimited debate. Stop it." Woo responded, "It is unprecedented in constitutional history to be so determined not to follow the National Assembly Act."