The National Assembly's newly launched session was brought back on track as rival political parties reached an official agreement on the selection of all 18 committee chiefs for the first two years of the parliamentary term. After weeks of deadlock, the ruling People Power Party and the opposition parties voted in favor of the ruling party's candidates for seven parliamentary committee chiefs, as well as the nomination of People Power Party Rep. Joo Ho-young as deputy speaker. This outcome marked the normalization of the Assembly, as the People Power Party ended its boycott of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea's decision to select 11 parliamentary committee chiefs without consulting the ruling party. The Democratic Party secured the chair positions for the three most powerful committees and proposed that the ruling party take the remaining committee head roles. With the latest agreement, the official opening ceremony for the 22nd Assembly is set to take place on July 5. However, there are internal challenges within the People Power Party, as Floor Leader Choo Kyung-ho announced the decision to accept the main opposition's proposal to chair several key committees and subsequently expressed his intention to resign. Both the People Power Party and Democratic Party are preparing for national conventions to select new party leaders, with Democratic Party Chairman Rep. Lee Jae-myung resigning from his post to bid for a second term and the People Power Party gearing up for a four-way race heading into its convention next month.