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2mo ago

Lawmakers Extend Supplementary Budget Review as Opposition Intensifies Scrutiny of PM Nominee

The ruling bloc clinched a two-day timetable following an opposition walkout, with the opposition staging a public hearing to challenge the nominee’s record.

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Lawmakers of the main opposition People Power Party walk out of a plenary session of the special committee on budget and accounts at the National Assembly on June 30, 2025. (Yonhap)

Overview

  • The DP and PPP agreed to extend the National Assembly’s review of President Lee’s 20.2 trillion won supplementary budget to two days after PPP members exited the committee in protest.
  • PPP lawmakers walked out of the special Budget and Accounts Committee over the DP’s unilateral scheduling that excluded opposition input.
  • The ruling party, backed by its 167-seat majority, has formally requested a full Assembly vote on both the supplementary budget and the prime minister nomination by July 4.
  • Opposition MPs are conducting a “people’s confirmation hearing” to demand testimony and documents addressing Kim Min-seok’s 2005 and 2010 convictions and unexplained asset discrepancies.
  • President Lee has pressed for unity as the DP leverages its supermajority to appoint committee chairs and expedite its legislative agenda at the National Assembly.