Ruling party urges opposition's cooperation to approve new look electoral map

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The fate of a new electoral map now in the hands of lawmakers after it was finally submitted to the National Assembly on Sunday.
The ruling party wants to bring the constituency bill to a vote with a little over six weeks remaining before Koreans head to the polls for a general election.
However,... it remains unclear whether the opposition bloc will end its ongoing filibuster, which would automatically put another controversial bill up for a vote.
Ji Myung-kil has the details.

The plenary session is scheduled for Monday but without a finalized agenda.
The ruling Saenuri Party is looking to get the constituency bill passed with the disputed security bill.

The National Election Commission has reviewed the new electoral map, so the bill is now awaiting lawmakers' final approval at the National Assembly.
The new map allocates 253 of the parliament's 300 seats to district representatives, up from the previous 246,… and 47 to proportional representatives.

The filibuster, led by the opposition bloc, continues Monday in protest of the Assembly Speaker's decision to directly refer the bill for a vote without the opposition's consent.

The opposition bloc is reluctant to grant more investigative power to the National Intelligence Service,…fearing the spy agency may conduct surveillance on citizens.

However, if the filibuster continues to delay the vote on the new electoral map, the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea could face scrutiny for holding up legislative duties.

With April's general election looming, without passing the constituency bill election campaigning and drawing up the candidate list for overseas Koreans will be interrupted.
Ji Myung-kil, Arirang News.

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