Jeongsik Jung: "Legislation and Judiciary Committee Chair Must Return to People Power Party for a Functional National Assembly"

Jeongsik Jung, floor leader of the People Power Party, said on June 23 regarding the stalled negotiations for the formation of the latter half of the National Assembly, "To make the National Assembly a place that works, not just a place for shooting short-form videos, and to restore the legislature to normalcy, the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee must be returned to the People Power Party."

Attending a party strategy meeting at the National Assembly that morning, Jung stated, "In the first half of the 22nd National Assembly, the Democratic Party broke with precedent and monopolized both the Speaker position and the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee. But did the Democratic Party truly manage the committee well? Did they present a model image of the National Assembly?"

Jeong Jeongsik, Floor Leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on June 22, 2026. Photo by Hyunmin Kim

Jung criticized the Democratic Party's handling of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee in the first half of the 22nd National Assembly, saying, "Former committee chair Jeong Cheongrae expelled witnesses based on his own mood and even threatened to remove opposition lawmakers just for looking at him. Former chair Lee Choonseok became the subject of an investigation for engaging in under-the-table stock transactions during a plenary session, and former chair Chu Mi-ae maintained a thoroughly dictatorial approach, refusing to even allow the appointment of an opposition secretary, and turned the National Assembly audit into a spectacle of public shaming."

Jung further said, "In particular, the Democratic Party failed to properly review bills, which is the core duty of the committee. As a result, a number of bills—including the hasty revisions to the Act on Testimony and Appraisal before the National Assembly, the bill to establish a special tribunal for insurrection, amendments to the Information and Communications Network Act, the legislative proposal for the crime of judicial distortion, and changes to the National Referendum Act—were rushed through the plenary session and hastily revised. How shameful is this?"

Jung concluded, "The Democratic Party claims it needs control of the committee for a functioning legislature, but to truly create a National Assembly that works, the chairmanship of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee must be returned to our party."

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