President Kim Meets Prime Miniser Kim
President Kim Dae Jung met Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil on February 22, to exchange views on the currently contentious issues of supplementing the national pension plan and the running of the National Assembly, which convened a special session on this day.It is known that President Kim did not make a concrete reference to the proposed parliamentary cabinet system.
Thus, the ruling coalition's discussion of introducing a parliamentary cabinet system seems to be entering a prolonged period of uncertainty.
Pime Minister Kim said to reporters following the meeting, 'We did not talk about the parliamentary cabinet system, because supplementing the state pension plan and the current proceedings in the National Assembly were more pressing.'
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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