The ruling and opposition parties agreed to pass 90 noncontroversial livelihood-related bills at Wednesday’s plenary session. The People Power Party said it will withdraw its filibusters on those bills.
Cheon Jun-ho, floor operations deputy chief of the Democratic Party, and Yoo Sang-bum, floor operations deputy chief of the People Power Party, said they reached the deal Tuesday during talks at the National Assembly on the plenary agenda.
Cheon said that of 175 bills slated for the plenary session, the parties agreed to prioritize urgent livelihood measures and pass 90 of them. He said a revision to the National Assembly Act needs further discussion and is expected to be finalized through additional talks between the floor leaders.
Yoo said the parties agreed to pass the bills included in the deal by withdrawing the filibusters that had been requested.
The parties’ floor leaders are set to meet later Tuesday afternoon to continue final talks on the National Assembly Act revision.