Rival parties agreed Thursday to start an annual parliamentary inspection into government offices next month, a ruling party lawmaker said.

The ruling Saenuri Party and the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy decided to hold the parliamentary inspection separately from Sept. 10 to Sept. 23 and from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8, according to Rep. Kim Yong-nam of the Saenuri Party.

Details of the 22-day-long parliamentary audit have not yet been released.

The two sides initially agreed to hold the inspection from Sept. 4 to Sept. 23 but decided to postpone the date after taking into consideration the Chuseok holiday.

In addition to the regular audit, the National Assembly will also hold a separate one-day audit to look into the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak, Kim said. (Yonhap)