The ruling People Power Party and the main opposition Democratic Party are set to discuss their respective bills on launching a special counsel probe Friday into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid.
All eyes are on whether the two rival parties can narrow their differences and come up with a single bill before a parliamentary plenary session slated for later in the day.
PPP floor leader Kweon Seong-dong and his DP counterpart, Park Chan-dae, will attend the meeting, which will be presided by National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik.
Opposition parties have been seeking to pass a revised special counsel bill that includes allegations Yoon committed "treason" by attempting to deliberately provoke war with North Korea.
The PPP has argued that the scope of the bill is excessive and decided to introduce its own bill that excludes such allegations.
If the two parties reach an agreement during the meeting, their new bill is expected to pass the plenary session. If they fail to narrow their differences, the opposition-proposed bill will likely pass the National Assembly as the opposition bloc currently dominates the 300-member parliament with 192 seats. (Yonhap)
