SEOUL, June 10 (UPI) -- South Korea's ruling Democratic Party on Tuesday withdrew a plan to pass several controversial bills this week, including one aimed at halting criminal trials for an elected president, as partisan clashes heat up in the early days of the new administration of President Lee Jae-myung.
Democratic Party spokesman Noh Jong-myeon met with reporters at the National Assembly and said that a plenary session that had been planned for Thursday would be shelved until new floor leadership is formed.
"The various bills you were curious about will not be processed this week," Noh said.
"Once the new floor leadership is formed, the bills will be processed quickly, and the subsequent situations will be entirely up to the new floor leadership and the lawmakers to decide," he said.
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