Lee Jae-myung, center, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, speaks during a supreme council meeting at the National Assembly, Seoul, Dec. 18. Yonhap

The main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) on Wednesday urged Acting President Han Duck-soo not to veto six contentious bills passed by the opposition last month.

The government plans to hold an extraordinary Cabinet meeting as early as Thursday to review four agricultural bills, the National Assembly Act and the National Assembly Testimony Appraisal Act.

If Han does not demand the National Assembly to reconsider the bills by Saturday, they will be enacted into laws.

"We warn acting President Han," DPK leader Park Chan-dae said during a supreme council meeting. "Give up your veto rights."

Han should not mistake his position as the acting president with the president, Park added.

One of the key bills under review is the Grain Management Act, which would require the government to purchase surplus rice to stabilize prices during market fluctuations.

A similar bill was vetoed by President Yoon Suk Yeol in March 2023 and was scrapped in a revote.

The acting president also faces a critical decision on whether to veto two opposition-led bills, mandating special probes into Yoon's short-lived martial law declaration on Dec. 3 and allegations against first lady Kim Keon Hee. (Yonhap)