Assembly speaker reaffirms commitment to swiftly push for constitutional revision

National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong-sik on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment to pushing for a constitutional revision, vowing to form a bipartisan special parliamentary committee to bring discussions into full swing next year.

The speaker made the remarks during his first press conference since taking office last month, renewing his push for the long-debated issue of constitutional revision.

"We will form a special parliamentary committee on constitutional reform through bipartisan consultations to put discussions on constitutional reform on track next year," he said.

"As I proposed on the recent Constitution Day, I will push forward with the constitutional amendment calmly and boldly." In his address on July 17, Cho said he will seek to draw up a constitutional revision proposal next year and complete the constitutional amendment before the current Assembly's term ends in 2028.

The proposed revision would include restrictions on the president's authority to declare martial law, as well as incorporating the spirit of the May 18 pro-democracy movement in 1980 in the preamble to the Consti ...