Overview
- People Power Party lawmakers began sit-in protests at the National Assembly and across 253 regional offices after Speaker Woo Won-shik halted Rep. Na Kyung-won’s filibuster.
- Woo cut Na’s microphone 13 minutes into her speech, citing off-topic remarks under the National Assembly Act, in the first such intervention reported since 1964.
- The regular session ended in disorder with the filibuster unresolved, giving the Democratic Party a procedural path to bring votes in an extraordinary session targeted for Dec. 21–24.
- The eight disputed measures include creating a special tribunal for insurrection cases linked to former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed martial-law bid and penalties for judges and prosecutors accused of deliberate misconduct.
- The PPP, which moved to filibuster all bills after negotiations collapsed, is also pressing for a parliamentary probe into the prosecution’s handling of the 2015 Daejang-dong development case.