S. Korean government hopes to implement extra budget by July at latest
- 5 years ago
당정청, 늦어도 7월 추경 집행…금주 초 국회논의 시작돼야
The South Korean government has called for the swift normalization of the National Assembly to get work done on an extra budget bill.
In a meeting this morning, ruling party lawmakers, the Blue House and government officials... raised concerns that the 5-point-7 billion U.S. dollar supplementary budget bill has been sitting idle for almost two months due to the parliamentary standstill.
They stressed that deliberations must start this week in order to have the extra budget implemented in July at latest... to tackle downside economic risks and help areas recover from a series of natural disasters.
The National Assembly has been out of action.... after the ruling party and three minor opposition parties fast-tracked key reform bills in late April.
The main opposition Liberty Korea Party is demanding that the other parties apologize and withdraw the move.
The South Korean government has called for the swift normalization of the National Assembly to get work done on an extra budget bill.
In a meeting this morning, ruling party lawmakers, the Blue House and government officials... raised concerns that the 5-point-7 billion U.S. dollar supplementary budget bill has been sitting idle for almost two months due to the parliamentary standstill.
They stressed that deliberations must start this week in order to have the extra budget implemented in July at latest... to tackle downside economic risks and help areas recover from a series of natural disasters.
The National Assembly has been out of action.... after the ruling party and three minor opposition parties fast-tracked key reform bills in late April.
The main opposition Liberty Korea Party is demanding that the other parties apologize and withdraw the move.