South Korea's rival parties have apologized to the public as they appear unlikely to vote on the 2019 budget plan by the legal deadline of December second.<br /> The three main parties held a closed-door meeting Saturday to discuss how to continue deliberations on the roughly 420 billion U.S. dollar spending bill,... and vowed efforts for thorough negotiations despite the lack of time.<br />The budget plan was automatically referred to the plenary session at midnight,... in its original form, as the budget committee failed to complete negotiations.<br />The National Assembly Act stipulates the budget committee deliberate on the spending plan until November 30th,... and the next day it's referred to the plenary session,... unless parties agree otherwise.<br /> With the term of the budget committee over,... rival parties will continue deliberations among a smaller group -- comprised of the floor leaders of the three main parties and a representative from each party on the budget committee. <br />The ruling party wants to hold a vote on the bill on Monday,... however, the two biggest opposition parties want to hold it on Friday. <br />
