The People Power Party decided to launch a rally outside the legislature, urging the president to exercise the right to request reconsideration (veto) over the so-called "three judicial reform bills" that passed under the ruling party's lead. A march-on-foot style rally is also under review.
Chief deputy floor spokesperson Choi Su-jin said on the 1st after the National Assembly caucus, "We will begin an outside-the-Assembly struggle over the three judicial-destruction bills on the 3rd," adding, "Lawmakers, district party committee heads outside the Assembly, and supporters will join." Specific times and locations will be announced later.
On the method of the struggle, the spokesperson said, "There is a possibility it will be a march on foot," explaining that areas near the Blue House are being considered but nothing has been finalized. The spokesperson said, "The core is the president's exercise of the right to request reconsideration," adding, "There was an opinion to mount a long-term struggle while pressuring the government."
As for a possible boycott of standing committee schedules, the party said, "It has not yet been discussed," adding that future responses have been entrusted to the floor leader.
The People Power Party on the day fully suspended its filibuster while urging the Democratic Party of Korea to pass the special act on administrative integration of Daegu and North Gyeongsang. However, when the plenary session later passed, under the ruling party's lead, the South Jeolla-Gwangju integration special act, the amendment to the Local Autonomy Act, the National Referendum Act, and the amendment to the Child Allowance Act, the party boycotted the vote in protest.
Floor leader Song Eon-seog said at the caucus, "The administrative integration of Daegu and North Gyeongsang is a matter on which the relevant metropolitan governments and councils all agree," urging the Democratic Party to process the bill. Pointing out that the Legislation and Judiciary Committee has not been convened despite the suspension of the filibuster, Song countered, "Delaying it on the grounds of opposition from basic local councils is a claim lacking standing."
At the caucus, there were also remarks demanding a shift in the party line, including a break with the "Yoon Again" faction, directed at leader Jang Dong-hyeok. Senior supreme council member Shin Dong-wook said, "The People Power Party must set a course so it does not appear to be the Yoon Again Party," while Rep. Kim Yong-tae warned, "If we revert to Yoon Again, we will be shunned not only in the general election but also in the local elections."