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'World's
longest filibuster'
ends in South Korea
South Korean opposition lawmakers have ended a parliamentary filibuster that lasted 192 hours, which is believed to have set a new world record.
They were trying to block an anti-terrorism bill which they said
threatened personal freedoms.
But they gave up on Wednesday fearing a public backlash, as the prolonged anti-terror proceedings were delaying
the passing of other important bills.
The previous world record of 57 hours was set by a Canadian
party in 2011.
The end of the filibuster in Seoul means that a bill backed by
the ruling Saenuri Party, which holds the majority of seats in parliament, will
be put to a vote and is likely to be passed.
The legislation
allows intelligence services to collect a wide range of personal information -
including phone records - on anyone deemed to pose a security risk. Opposition parties said it would
violate privacy rights and could be used to stifle political dissent.
'Dereliction
of duty'
Filibustering is a parliamentary delaying tactic by which MPs
drag out speeches to the end of the allocated time, so that no vote can be held.
South Korea's filibuster was spearheaded by main opposition party Minjoo which
was joined by other smaller parties, and began last Tuesday, 23 February.
Their tactics included reading out lengthy academic articles in full as well as news
articles and internet comments, staging elaborate
and rambling
monologues and even reading from George Orwell's novel 1984.
Some
lawmakers were spotted wearing trainers, while others reportedly refrained from drinking
water so that they could cut down on loo breaks. Still others were seen dozing off in their seats
during the marathon session.
The
longest speech made was by Jung Cheong-rae, who spoke for 11 hours 39 minutes.
They
would have succeeded if they had managed to hold out until the end of the
parliamentary session at midnight on 10 March.
But
as the days wore on they faced increasing public criticism, as the filibuster
was delaying the passage of bills on North Korean human rights and electoral districts for
April's general election.
But
President Park Geun-hye had argued such measures were necessary and condemned the filibuster
as "nothing more than a dereliction
of duty".
"The National Assembly is nearly paralysed at a time when people's lives and safety are exposed
to terror threats," she said in a televised speech on Tuesday,according to Yonhap.
Filibustering around the world
§ One of the longest
individual filibusters in history came in 1957, when US Senator Strom Thurmond spoke for more than
24 hours against civil rights reforms
§
Texas state Senator Wendy
Davis spoke for more than 10 hours in 2013 to block a bill
that would shut most abortion clinics in the US state
§ In December 2010
Austrian Green MP Werner Kogler made a speech lasting 12 hours and 42 minutes
§ In 1935 US Louisiana
Democrat Huey Long tried to defeat a bill by speaking for more than 15 hours, reciting recipes for
Roquefort salad dressing and fried oysters
§ In 1936 the
Independent Unionist MP Tommy Henderson spoke for almost 10 hours straight in
the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Filibuster (v.)
to make a long speech in order to delay or prevent a new lawbeing made:
lawmakers (n.)
someone, such as a politician, who is responsible for making and changing laws
parliamentary
(Adj.)
of or relating to a parliament
Parliament(n.)
in some countries, the group of (usually) electedpoliticians or other people who make the laws for theircountry
a particular period of time during which a parliament is operating, between either holidays or elections
backlash
(n.)
a strong feeling among a group of people in reaction to a change or recent events in society or politics:
prolonged (Adj.)
continuing for a long time:
proceedings
(n.)
a series of events that happen in a planned and controlledway:
a complete written record of what is said or done during a meeting
legislation (n.)
a law or
set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament:
deemed (v.)
to consider or judge something in a particular way
stifle (v.)
to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air
to prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing:
dissent (n.)
a strong difference of opinion on a particular subject, especially about an official suggestion or plan or a popularbelief:
in sports such as football and rugby, the offence of
disagreeing with a decision made by a referee :
(v.)
to disagree with other people about something:
'Dereliction
(n.)
failure to do what you should do:
(especially of a building) a state of not being cared for
allocated (v.)
to give something to someone as their share of a total amount, to use in a particular way:
spearheaded (v.)
to lead something such as an attack or a course of action:
(n.)
a person or group that leads something such as an attack or a course of action:
lengthy
(adj.)
continuing for a long time:
staging (n.)
the performance of a play or show:
elaborate
(v.)
to add more information to or explain something that you have said:
rambling (adj.)
large and spreading out in many different directions:
Refrain (v.)
to avoid doing or stop yourself from doing something:
(n.)
a short part of a song or poem that is repeated, especiallybetween the verses (= the separate parts) a phrase that is often repeated:
dozing off
If you doze off,
you start to sleep,
especially during the day:
Electoral (Adj.)
condemned (adj.)
A condemned person is someone who is going to be killed, especially as a punishment for having committed a very serious crime, such as murder.
A condemned building that has been officially judged not safe for people to live in or to use, or food that has been officially judged not safe to eat.
condemn (v.)
to criticize strongly
Assembly
·
(MEETING)
a group of people, especially one that meets regularly for a particular purpose, such as government, or, more generally, the process of coming together, or the state of being together
one of the two parts of the government that makes laws in many US States:
paralysed (Adj.)
Senator (n.)
a politician who has been elected to a Senate:
Recite(v.)
to say a piece of writing aloud from memory, or to publiclysay a list of things:
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