The government requested the National Assembly to reconsider a pair of bills on special counsel investigations into alleged treason through the December 3 martial law and allegations surrounding first lady Kim Keon-hee.

Presiding over a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Acting President Choi Sang-mok said the two opposition-led bills infringe upon national interests.

The acting president said a stricter standard should be applied to the special counsel probe system as it is an exception to the principle of separation of legislative, judicial, and administrative powers.

Choi said applying a stricter standard would enable the public to accept the probe outcome and clear all suspicions.

The acting president then urged rival political parties to seek a reasonable way to resolve the matter where everyone can give their consent.

The parties have been at odds over the treason probe bill, which stipulates that a negotiation body which the president is not affiliated with and a non-negotiation body, both with the most parliamentary seats, would each put forth a candidate for special prosecutor.

The bill on the first lady stipulates that the president would appoint a special prosecutor out of two candidates put forth by the main opposition Democratic Party(DP) and a non-negotiation body.

The two bills are expected to be put to a second plenary vote in parliament, where it would require votes from a majority of the 300-member Assembly and support from at least two-thirds of lawmakers in attendance to pass, or else be scrapped.