Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday that Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea Yuwon-sik announced the same day, suspended in the plenary session of the National Assembly to deal with next year’s budget, urging the opposition parties to reach an agreement before the 10th of this month. Prior to this, the largest opposition party, the common Democratic Party on November 29 in the House Budget and Accounts Committee passed a separate budget cuts. South Korean media said that this is the first time in the history of South Korea’s constitutional government.
According to reports, the Common Democratic Party this plan in the 2 Plenary Session of Congress to submit the budget, and the ruling National Power Party is called for the withdrawal of the case. In response, Yu said at a press conference that it would be difficult to give the people hope by dealing with the budget immediately, and stressed that the parliament had a responsibility to prepare a budget that would stabilize people’s livelihood, benefit the economy and the vulnerable. He called on the government to actively come forward to explain and consult.
The DPJ approved a budget of 673.3 trillion won (10,000 won) , 4.1 trillion won less than the government’s original plan. Part of the reduction relates to special activities of the Presidential Secretariat and the National Security Office, special work and special activities of the office of the prosecutor and the Ombudsman, special activities of the police totalling 76.1 billion won, etc. .
South Korea’s joongang Ilbo reported that the move increased political tensions in South Korea. South Korean MBC television, said South Korean deputy prime minister and Minister of Finance Planning Choi Sang-mu 2, said the budget cuts will bring serious negative impact on people’s livelihood and the economy. Cui said the opposition parties used the budget as a tool for political struggle, and condemned the democratic party’s behavior“Irresponsible.”.
Cui Xiangmu, source: Visual China
The Democratic Party retorted that people’s livelihoods would not be paralysed by a lack of money for prosecutors, and that it was“A threat to congressional budget review powers” to say that“Cuts to the special activities of the authorities would harm the people”. Yonhap said the joint Democratic Party Whip Park Zanda said the budget cuts are to“Normalize” the country’s livelihood, to prevent tax cuts for“Super-rich.”.
Joongang Ilbo, a political science professor at Incheon University in South Korea, was quoted as saying that, “There are certainly reasons for the prosecutor’s office and the Ombudsman’s Office to cut back on special events, but the Democratic Party’s handling of the budget in this way is inevitably seen as an attempt to ‘rescue Lee Jae-myung’ .”. Since the Moon administration came to power, he said, the opposition between the democratic party and prosecutors has“Pushed South Korean politics to the extreme.”.