Filibuster can be forced to end after 24 hours.
Jang Dong-hyuk and Park Soo-min surpass the 17-hour filibuster record
The Democratic Party of Korea plans to pass today (the 23rd) the ‘Act on Establishing a Tribunal for Insurrection’ (a special bill on criminal procedures for civil war, foreign exchange, and rebellion crimes), which was submitted to the plenary session the previous day.
According to the political world on the 23rd, the Democratic Party of Korea plans to forcibly end the filibuster around noon, 24 hours after the filibuster began, with a majority of seats, and then vote on the bill to establish an insurrection court.
According to the National Assembly Act, a filibuster can be ended with the approval of more than three-fifths of the registered members, or 179 members, after 24 hours. The requirement is met by adding pan-ruling seats such as the Democratic Party of Korea and the Fatherland Innovation Party.
The Democratic Party of Korea previously submitted the bill the day before and announced that it would be processed, saying, “There is no problem as we have completely deleted the composition of the Candidate Recommendation Committee, which was controversially unconstitutional,” and the People Power Party immediately launched a filibuster, saying, “It is a takeover of the judiciary and an infringement on independence.”
Meanwhile, People Power Party representative Jang Dong-hyuk, who was the first hitter, started the filibuster at around 11:40 a.m. the previous day and broke the record for the longest filibuster ever by exceeding 19 hours as of 6:40 a.m. that day. This is the first time that the representative of the main opposition party participated in the filibuster.
It broke the record for the longest filibuster (unlimited debate) in history. The previous longest record was 17 hours and 12 minutes by People Power Party lawmaker Park Soo-min last September.
Reporter Kim Moo-yeon
