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The ruling Democratic Party unilaterally passed an extra budget bill through the parliament budget committee in the early hours of Saturday.
The DP convened a meeting of the National Assembly Special Committee on Budget and Accounts at 2 a.m. and railroaded the government-proposed budget of 14 trillion won aimed at supporting small businesses hit by pandemic restrictions.
The main opposition People Power Party, which opposes the budget bill, was not present.
On Friday, the ruling party asked budget committee chair Lee Jong-bae, who belongs to the PPP to open a session, but as he failed to officiate, the committee’s executive secretary Maeng Sung-kyu, a member of the DP, went on to chair the meeting in accordance with assembly rules.
The DP, which controls 30 of the 50 seats on the special budget committee, plans to convene a plenary session as early as Monday to approve the bill. But it seeks to increase the spending package by two trillion to more than 16 trillion won.
DP Unilaterally Passes Extra Budget Bill in Parliament Committee
Source: Matira Matibay
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