“We’ll Push for it’ “We’ll Block it up”

Uri Party Floor Leader Cheon Jung-bae (left) asserted at a press conference on October 19 that abolishing the National Security Law would not negatively influence national security. However, Grand National Party Floor Leader Kim Deok-ryong (right) repeatedly articulated at a leading officers’ meeting the same day that the opposition party will strongly resist the four major bills.

Young-Soo Seo kuki@donga.com