Han Byeong-do, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, said on the 24th, "If the People Power Party does not submit the list of standing committee members by noon on the 26th, we will take all 18 standing committees."
That afternoon at the National Assembly, the floor leader held an emergency press conference and said accordingly, "If the list is not submitted by the deadline, we believe we must open a plenary session on the 26th, the same day, to handle the allocation of standing committees."
He added, "The National Assembly must work without rest, and that is the duty mandated by the Constitution. But the People Power Party has paralyzed the National Assembly, which should be working, solely over the chair of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee," and "the responsibility lies entirely with the People Power Party, which has not even submitted a list."
The floor leader also said, "Even when people's lives are driven to the edge of a cliff, the People Power Party keeps parroting only two words—Legislation and Judiciary Committee and custom—without a single alternative," and "if the People Power Party ultimately does not follow the law and does not cooperate, the Democratic Party will, even alone, begin forming the House under the procedures set by the National Assembly Act."
He went on, "We have held a total of eight rounds of negotiations as of today (the 24th), but talks have never proceeded and have been blocked by the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, so to get work done we must take all of it if necessary and, as the ruling party, work responsibly."