Floor leaders of four main parties vow cooperative politics in 2017

Описание: 여야 4당 새해 협치 약속+새누리당 인명진 친박계 책임추궁
The floor leaders of the four main parties held their first ever meeting together.
A most promising start with all vowing to fully cooperate in the running of state affairs in the upcoming year.
Park Ji-won has more from that maiden gathering.
The floor leaders of all four political parties gathered Friday morning... for a meeting chaired by National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun.
Except for main opposition Democratic Party floor leader Woo Sang-ho,... the other three -- Chung Woo-taik of the Saenuri Party,... Joo Ho-young of the tentatively named New Conservative Party for Reform... and Joo Seung-yong of the People's Party -- are fairly new to the job.
In their first meeting as floor leaders, they shared their particular hopes for the assembly in the year to come.


"In the new year, our party will fully cooperate on matters related to the people's livelihoods. We also hope to accelerate the discussions on revising the Constitution, to improve people's lives."


"The 13th National Assembly also had a four-party system, and their bill-passage rate exceeded 80 percent, higher than other assemblies. I hope this parliament will also be able to pass many bills benefiting the public."


"I hope the new floor leaders of the four parties run a joint policy discussion body with the government."


"With the launch of the special committee on constitutional revision, we need to discuss how to rectify the nation's wrecked system."


"The four floor leaders also agreed to hold an extraordinary parliamentary session next month,... in addition to a planned session in February,... to address the vacuum in state affairs."

Meanwhile,... the ruling Saenuri Party's interim leader In Myung-jin said Friday that the core of his efforts to overhaul the party lie in a personnel shake-up.
Specifically, he said former party leaders, and those who assumed key roles in the Park administration, all bear great responsibility for failing the president.

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"Isn't it true that those who assumed the role of party chair, and those who served in key government posts failed to assist the president?"

In said those responsible should leave the party by next Friday, adding that he will make the names of those who are leaving public the following Sunday, January 8th.
He added that he would decide his position by then,... indicating that he could resign from his post if his plan of expelling the others fails.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News."

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