Cheong Wa Dae: "Special Counsel Act on Manipulated Indictments Won't Be on Tomorrow's Cabinet Agenda; Deliberation Next Week"

"Timing of agenda placement determined based on when it is sent and its urgency"

Cheong Wa Dae said on Nov. 9 that the bill to promulgate the so-called “Special Counsel Act on Manipulated Indictments” will not be placed on the agenda for the Cabinet meeting on Nov. 10 and is instead scheduled to be deliberated at next week’s meeting.

The screen shows the special counsel bill on fabricated indictments passing at a plenary session of the National Assembly on the 6th. Yonhap News Agency

A Cheong Wa Dae official said on Nov. 9, “The bill to promulgate the Special Counsel Act on Manipulated Indictments was sent from the National Assembly on the afternoon of Nov. 6, after the plan to hold the 48th Cabinet meeting had already been finalized,” adding, “Accordingly, it is scheduled to be placed on the agenda for next week’s Cabinet meeting.”

The official explained, “The timing for placing bills sent to the government for promulgation on the Cabinet agenda after they pass a plenary session of the National Assembly is generally determined by considering when they were sent and how urgent they are,” adding, “There is no obligation to place them on the agenda for the next Cabinet meeting.”

The Special Counsel Act on Manipulated Indictments passed a plenary session of the National Assembly at around 5:23 p.m. on Nov. 6, led by the Democratic Party of Korea, after the People Power Party’s filibuster was ended.

Given that Cabinet meetings are held every Tuesday, the bill to promulgate the act is likely to be deliberated at the Cabinet meeting on Nov. 17.

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