Presidential Office: ”We welcome the agreement on the Itaewon Special Act... a concrete outcome of the meeting between President Yoon Seok-yeol and Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung” (South Korea)

On the 1st, the Presidential Office said, "We welcome the fact that the ruling and opposition parties have reached an agreement on the Itaewon Special Act. On the 29th, President Yoon Seok-yeol and Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party (
"Through the meeting with the head of the ruling and opposition parties, cooperation between the ruling and opposition parties and political reform have begun," Presidential Spokesperson Kim Su-kyung said at a briefing held at the Presidential Office in Seoul's Yongsan district on the same day.
"The agreement on the Itaewon Special Law is the first concrete outcome of the talks," he said. "We will continue to work together to build trust between the ruling and opposition parties on pending national issues," he added.
"I hope that we can reach an agreement through communication and continue to cooperate," he said. On the same day, the ruling and opposition parties announced that they would amend the "Special Act for Investigating the Truth about the Itaewon Massacre" and pass it at the National Assembly plenary session on the 2nd.
The ruling and opposition parties agreed that the special investigative committee would be made up of a total of nine members, with each party nominating four members, and the remaining member to be recommended by the National Assembly Speaker to be decided through consultation between the ruling and opposition parties.
In addition, the special investigative committee's activity period will be extended from three months to one year. The two clauses that the People's Power Party (the ruling party) claimed were toxic clauses will be deleted by the Democratic Party.
A presidential office official said, "The Democratic Party of Japan deleted some of the poison clauses, and the People's Power Party agreed to accept the investigation period and other such clauses."