Partisan clash on the floor

Lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties crowd around the podium and raise their voices as Rep. Na Kyung-won of the People Power Party, center bottom, delivers a filibuster on Dec. 9.

Lawmakers from rival parties crowd around the podium and raise their voices as Rep. Na Kyung-won of the People Power Party, center front, stages a filibuster against proposed amendments to the Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act during a plenary session at the National Assembly on Dec. 9. [YONHAP]

Lawmakers from rival parties crowd around the podium and raise their voices as Rep. Na Kyung-won of the People Power Party, center front, stages a filibuster against proposed amendments to the Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act during a plenary session at the National Assembly on Dec. 9. The confrontation escalated after National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik, center back, turned off Na’s microphone, saying her remarks had strayed from the agenda.