(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Hee-won = The ruling and opposition parties are expected to engage in a battle over the controversy over Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae's rejection of Supreme Court Justice candidate re-nomination and the trial of President Lee Jae-myung, which was suspended after taking office, at the National Assembly audit, which reached a turning point on the 16th.
On this day, the National Assembly will conduct an audit of government affairs in 11 standing committees, including the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, ▲ Political Affairs Committee, ▲ Finance and Economic Planning Committee, ▲ Education Committee, ▲ Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, ▲ Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, ▲ National Defense Committee, ▲ Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, ▲ Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee, ▲ Health and Welfare Committee, and ▲ Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee.
In the Legislative and Judiciary Committee audit of the Seoul High Court, etc., issues such as the conflict between the Blue House and Chief Justice Cho over the re-nomination of Supreme Court Justice candidates and the issue of President Lee's trial are expected to become issues.
In particular, since Judge Min-ki Kim, who was a candidate to replace former Supreme Court Justice Roh Tae-ak, is serving at the Seoul High Court, it is expected that inquiries will focus on the issue of recommending Supreme Court Justice candidates.
On this morning, the Science and Defense Committee will receive a confidential business report from MBC, and in the afternoon, it will conduct a government audit on KBS, EBS, Korea Broadcasting Culture Promotion Association, Audience Media Foundation, and Korea Broadcast Advertising Corporation.
As the ruling party previously voted to exclude Rep. Lee Jin-sook of the People Power Party from auditing matters related to her involvement while she was serving as chairman of the Korea Communications Commission due to concerns about conflict of interest, the battle between the ruling and opposition parties surrounding the measure is expected to be intense.
The Health and Welfare Committee is expected to investigate issues such as overpayment and non-payment of health insurance premiums during the government audit of the National Health Insurance Corporation and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
The Agricultural and Fisheries Committee is expected to address governance reform issues such as reforming the central chairman election system and independence of the audit body for the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation and Nonghyup Economic Holdings.
The Climate Exchange and Labor Committee's inspection of the Economic, Social and Labor Committee and the Ministry of Employment and Labor's affiliated organizations is expected to ask questions on various issues, including labor disputes and industrial accidents at each workplace.
The Political Affairs Committee and the Finance Committee will inspect the site. The Political Affairs Committee will visit Hanwha Ocean in Geoje, and the Finance Committee will be divided into regional divisions 1 and 2 and inspect the Gunsan Public Procurement Service stockpile base and Gyeongsan Korea Mint Corporation currency headquarters, respectively.
Afterwards, Regional Team 1 of the Finance Committee will audit the Daejeon and Gwangju Regional Tax Offices, and Regional Team 2 will audit the Busan and Daegu Regional Tax Offices.
The National Defense Commission is conducting an on-site inspection for the second day. In the morning, they visit Kia's Gwangju factory and tour the production line, and in the afternoon, they visit the Army's 31st Infantry Division and the Navy's 3rd Fleet Command to receive status reports.
The Culture and Sports Committee will inspect the Busan Gijang Studio, which is equipped with a state-of-the-art indoor studio and a large-scale outdoor open set. However, amid the standoff due to the controversy over the movie 'Assassin(s)', the People Power Party members are scheduled to not participate in the schedule on this day as they did the previous day.
