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윤석열 대통령이 12일 더불어민주당 등 야당이 강행 처리한 '방송 4법'(방송법·방송문화진흥회법·한국교육방송공사법·방송통신위원회법 개정안)에 대해 재의요구권(거부권)을 행사했다.
대통령실은 이날 언론 공지에서 "윤 대통령은 이날 한덕수 국무총리 주재 국무회의에서 의결된 '방송 4법' 재의요구안을 재가했다"고 전했다. 정부는 지난 6일 정부서울청사에서 한덕수 국무총리 주재로 국무회의를 열고 '방송 4법'에 대한 재의요구안을 심의·의결한 바 있다.
그러면서 "이번 재의요구권 행사는 방송 공정·공익성을 훼손시키려는 야당의 법안 강행 처리에 대응한 불가피한 조치"라고 설명했다.
또 "야당은 제21대 국회에서 부결돼 이미 폐기됐던 방송 3법 개정안을 다시 강행 처리했고, 방통위법 개정안까지 더해 공익성이 더 훼손된 방송 4법 개정안을 숙의 과정 없이 일방 통과시켰다"고 지적했다.
이어 "방송 관련법은 공영방송 지배구조·제도에 중대 변화를 가져오는 사안임에도 여야 협의·사회적 공감대가 전혀 이뤄지지 않은 채 정략적으로 처리됐다는 지적을 받고 있다"며 "국회는 방송이 공정하고 객관적 사회적 공기로 거듭날 수 있도록 사회적 공감대를 형성하는 데 협조해 주길 바란다"고 덧붙였다.
윤 대통령이 거부권을 행사한 방송 관련 4개 법안은 다시 국회로 돌아가는 가운데 재표결에 부쳐지는 각 법안은 재적 의원 과반 출석과 출석 의원 3분의 2 이상 찬성표를 얻지 못하면 자동 폐기된다. 야당 의석수는 의결정족수(200석)에 못 미쳐 부결 가능성이 크다.
야당 주도로 국회를 통과한 '방송 4법'은 상임위원 5인으로 구성된 방통위 의결 정족수를 현행 2인에서 4인으로 늘리는 내용을 골자로 하고, 공영방송 이사 수를 늘리고 이사추천권을 시민·직능단체 등으로 확대하는 내용을 담고 있다.
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President Yoon Seok-yeol Exercises Veto on Opposition Party's '4 Broadcasting Laws' "Damages Fairness and Public Interest"
"The opposition party passed the four broadcasting laws unilaterally without deliberation, an inevitable measure in response to the bill's forced passage... It was pointed out that it was handled strategically without any consultation between the ruling and opposition parties or social consensus."
-kihong Kim reporter
President Yoon Seok-yeol exercised his right to request reconsideration (veto) on the 'Broadcasting 4 Laws' (Broadcasting Law, Broadcast Culture Promotion Association Law, Korean Educational Broadcasting System Law, and Broadcasting and Communications Commission Law amendments) that the opposition party, including the Democratic Party of Korea, had forced through on the 12th.
In a press release on the same day, the Office of the President said, "President Yoon approved the request for reconsideration of the 'Broadcasting 4 Laws' that was passed at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on the same day." On the 6th, the government held a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo at the Government Complex Seoul and deliberated and approved the request for reconsideration of the 'Broadcasting 4 Laws'.
He explained, "This exercise of the right to request reconsideration is an inevitable measure in response to the opposition party's forced passage of the bill that seeks to undermine the fairness and public interest of broadcasting."
He also pointed out that "the opposition party pushed through the revision of the three broadcasting laws that had already been rejected and scrapped in the 21st National Assembly, and unilaterally passed the revision of the four broadcasting laws, which further undermines the public interest, without a deliberation process, including the revision of the Korea Communications Commission Act."
He continued, "The broadcasting-related laws are being criticized for being passed strategically without any consultation between the ruling and opposition parties or social consensus, despite the fact that they are matters that bring about major changes to the public broadcasting governance structure and system," adding, "I hope the National Assembly will cooperate in forming a social consensus so that broadcasting can be reborn as a fair and objective social atmosphere."
The four broadcasting-related bills that President Yoon vetoed will return to the National Assembly, and each bill that is put up for a re-vote will be automatically scrapped if it does not receive a majority of the members present and more than two-thirds of the members present vote in favor. The number of opposition seats is less than the quorum (200 seats), so there is a high possibility that it will be rejected.
The '4 Broadcasting Laws' passed by the National Assembly under the leadership of the opposition party include increasing the quorum for the resolution of the Korea Communications Commission, which is comprised of five standing members, from the current two to four, increasing the number of public broadcasting directors, and expanding the right to recommend directors to civic and professional organizations.
