On the 30th, floor leader Jeong Jeong-sik of the People Power Party said to the Democratic Party of Korea that it would not give up the position of chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, which will lead the law revision work in the National Assembly, and said, “The first step to putting into practice the good words that the ruling and opposition parties should work together as partners for the people’s livelihood and national unity is the normalization of the Legislative and Judiciary Committee.” At the party’s in-house countermeasures meeting that day, Floor Leader Jeong said, “The People Power Party is asking for only one thing. The Legislative and Judiciary Committee, which has been the site of extreme conflict between the ruling and opposition parties for the past two years.” “It’s normalization,” he said. Previously, the People Power Party said that the opposition party should take charge of five positions, including the chairman of the Legislative and Judiciary Committee, ahead of negotiations on the composition of the original assembly in the second half of the 22nd National Assembly. However, the Democratic Party maintains its position that it cannot give up the Legislative and Judiciary Committee. Accordingly, the Democratic Party held a plenary session of the National Assembly on this day and is considering a plan to first elect only the 11 standing committee chairs that the Democratic Party shares according to the ratio of the number of seats, including the chairman of the Legislative and Judiciary Committee. National Assembly Speaker Jo Jung-sik has finally notified the ruling and opposition parties of his intention to hold the plenary session this afternoon. floor leader Jeong took aim at this, saying, “The problem is the attitude of the National Assembly Speaker,” and “Negotiations between the ruling and opposition parties are at a stalemate.”