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Ruling Party Sends Prosecution Overhaul to Plenary After Talks With PPP Collapse

Opponents plan a filibuster over a narrowed bill dropping a financial regulator overhaul.

In this file photo, lawmakers of the main opposition People Power Party leave the main hall of the National Assembly in western Seoul on Aug. 25, 2025. (Yonhap)
Rep. Choo Mi-ae (L), chief of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, speaks during a committee session at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Sept. 24, 2025. (Yonhap)
Rep. Han Jeong-ae, head of the Democratic Party's policy committee, speaks at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Sept. 25, 2025. (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • After last‑minute negotiations failed, the Democratic Party said it will introduce the government reorganization bill at Thursday’s plenary session.
  • The proposal would dismantle the prosecution’s headquarters and split powers between a Serious Crimes Investigation Agency under the interior ministry and an Indictment Office under the justice ministry.
  • The People Power Party vows a filibuster, and Assembly rules allow debate to be cut off after 24 hours with consent from at least three‑fifths of lawmakers.
  • The DP removed an overhaul of the top financial regulator from the package but kept a plan to shift budget planning to a new office under the prime minister.
  • The bill would also move energy policy from the industry ministry to a renamed Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, as the acting prosecution chief warns abolition could violate constitutional principles.