Choi Min-hee (최민희), chair of the National Assembly Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee, asked the National Assembly speaker to vote first on ruling party nominees for the Media and Communications Commission, citing delays in opposition nominations.

Choi said on social media on Sunday afternoon, "The People Power Party has not recommended 1 standing member for the Media and Communications Commission, so we cannot approve the Democratic Party's recommended standing members at the plenary session." She added, "I hope the speaker's office will first approve the Democratic Party's recommended standing members."

The commission is operating with two presidential appointees: Chair Kim Jong-cheol and non-standing member lawyer Ryu Shin-hwan. Under the commission law, it has 7 members. The president designates 2, and the National Assembly recommends 5, including 2 from the ruling party and 3 from the opposition.

When the National Assembly recommends commissioners, it is customary to bundle the ruling and opposition lists and bring them to the plenary session as a single agenda item or consecutive items. But the agenda item to approve standing commissioners that had been scheduled was not tabled. The extraordinary session convened at 2 p.m. on Sunday adjourned after tabling and approving only a motion to require the prime minister and cabinet ministers to attend floor speeches by parliamentary negotiating group leaders.

The ruling Democratic Party is reported to have recommended Professor Ko Min-su of Gangneung-Wonju National University as a standing member candidate and Professor Yoon Seong-ok of Kyonggi University as a non-standing member candidate. The opposition People Power Party has not made a recommendation so far. Choi said the opposition's failure to recommend a member has prevented approval of the ruling party's nominees as well.