Acting President Choi Sang-mok has vetoed an opposition-led bill that would have required the participation of at least three board members in the decision-making process at the Korea Communications Commission(KCC).

Presiding over a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, the acting president asked the National Assembly to reconsider the bill, citing elements he called unconstitutional.

The five-member KCC board currently operates with only two members appointed by the president, while the three remaining positions, to be recommended by the National Assembly, are vacant amid an intense standoff between the ruling and opposition parties. 

The opposition-led bill, which passed in the National Assembly’s plenary session February 27, calls for changes to the rules for board meetings at the nation’s broadcast watchdog.

The acting president said the proposed changes would prevent the KCC from convening meetings without members recommended by the Assembly, thereby making it difficult for the regulator to function.