한국당 뺀 여야, 선거제 패스트트랙 논의…"4당 최종안 만들 것"<br /><br />Rival parties are still at odds over the electoral reform bill.<br />The ruling party and three minor opposition blocs have geared up discussions to designate the bill as fast track by this week, while the main opposition Liberty Korea Party has a different proposal on mind.<br />Kim Mok-yeon has the latest from parliament. <br />The ruling Democratic Party and three minor opposition parties -- the Bareunmirae Party, the Party for Democracy and Peace and the Justice Party -- gathered on Monday to work on their combined proposal for an electoral reform bill and to discuss a number of bills they want to fast-track this week alongside it.<br />Speaking to reporters, ruling party floor leader Hong Young-pyo said he and his counterparts had not yet reached a specific agreement but they agreed to meet with their party chairmen as soon as possible to finalize their discussions.<br /> Earlier Monday morning, the floor leaders of the three minor opposition parties agreed to designate the election reform bill as fast-track before March 15th so that it will apply to next year's general elections.<br />The three parties are seeking to introduce a mixed-member proportional representation system in which parliamentary seats are tied to the percentage of voters' support for different parties.<br /> The ruling party has generally agreed to their proposal but demanded a looser MMP system, under which the total number of parliamentary seats would still be 300, but proportional representation seats would rise to 75 from the current 47.<br />The minor parties accepted the compromise, unlike the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, which is still strongly against it.<br />The LKP laid out its own proposal on Sunday, which seeks to reduce the number of parliamentary seats by 10 percent and abolish the proportional representation system.<br />Despite opposition to their plan, the minor parties are still pushing to fast-track the bill... because with the support of the ruling party, they will have the three-fifths of legislature's votes required to pass it.<br />Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang news. <br />
