Constitutional revision bill scrapped

National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun bangs the gavel to cancel a legislative vote on President Moon Jae-in’s constitutional revision bill, Thursday, after opposition lawmakers refused to participate in the voting. President Moon submitted the revision bill to the Assembly on March 26 that automatically required a vote within 60 days. However, the Assembly failed to meet quorum for the vote, which needed participation of two-thirds, or 192 of 293 lawmakers. However, only lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Party of Korea cast their ballots while members of opposition parties, who have opposed to Moon’s revision bill, boycotted the vote. / Yonhap