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In the National Assembly, last minute negotiations between the ruling and opposition parties are underway to process next year’s budget bill.
Inheriting the qualities of the Preliminary Committee, the internal leadership of both parties began a 3 + 3 meeting to adjust the budget, such as the relocation of the presidential office and local love gift certificates, which are key issues.
Correspondence to Parliamentary Correspondents. Reporter Kwon Nam-gi!
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Yes, this is the National Assembly.
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The ruling and opposition parties continue with consultations to process next year’s budget bill.
Tell me more details.
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Yes, the floor leaders of the opposition parties met today under the presidency of the Speaker of the National Assembly to process next year’s budget bill.
After the meeting, Ho-young Joo, the power of the people, said that the representatives of the two parties would come forward directly on the part where the two parties had not come to an opinion.
[주호영 / 국민의힘 원내대표 : 예산안 심의를 촉진하기 위해서 지금까지 정책위의장과 예결위 간사, 2+2가 만났는데 의견을 접근을 보지 못한 부분에 관해서 양당 원내대표들이 의견을 듣는 시간을 가지기로 했습니다.]
Discussions are expected to continue on major issues such as the relocation of the Presidential Office to Yongsan and the budget for regional love gift certificates, but Democratic Party floor leader Park Hong-geun said many issues remain.
[박홍근 / 더불어민주당 원내대표 : (과거에는) 마지막 원내대표 협상 테이블에는 쟁점을 좀 최소화했는데 아직 많이 남아있는 상태여서 염려가 되기는 합니다. 그런데도 서로 정기 국회 안에 예산안 처리를 위해서….]
The floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties then embarked on a so-called 3+3 consultation where the heads of each party’s policy committees and the secretary of the preliminary decisions committee took part from around 5:00 pm.
Starting with today’s meeting, the two parties are expected to continue meeting until tomorrow, the day before the plenary, and continue with last minute negotiations on next year’s budget bill.
In the midst of this, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Strategy and Finance Chu Kyung-ho met with the floor leaders of both parties today and asked them to gather their wisdom and will to reach an agreement on the budget bill.
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In the National Assembly today, there was also a discussion between the government and the ruling party to reduce the burden of interest rates on the common people, right?
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Yes, the ruling party and the government discussed measures to ease the financial burden of the common people and the vulnerable in the National Assembly today.
Chairman of the Financial Services Commission Kim Joo-hyun announced at this meeting that he intends to temporarily supply the Bogeumjari special loan for one year, which combines general security conversion loans and qualified loans.
It is said that it will further expand the conversion of variable rate mortgage loans to long-term fixed rates without distinguishing between new and repayment, but it was decided to increase the house price to 900 million won and the loan size to 500 million. gain, and abolish the income requirement.
In today’s government-government meeting, together with this, a plan was discussed to temporarily exclude early repayment fees for the vulnerable class for bank loans, including the five major commercial banks.
So far, it has been presented in the National Assembly.
YTN Namki Kwon (kwonnk09@ytn.co.kr)
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