Ahn Cheol-soo to Personally Lead as Chief of Election Committee... Launch of People’s Party Election Committee

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 31st, the People’s Party announced that Ahn Cheol-soo, the party leader, will personally take charge as the chairman of the Central Election Countermeasures Committee to lead the April 15 general election. Initially, the People’s Party had planned to appoint Ahn’s 'political mentor,' Professor Han Sang-jin, Emeritus Professor at Seoul National University, as the committee chairman, but the plan was ultimately abandoned. The committee’s name was decided as 'Consistency in Words and Actions.'

The vice chairpersons of the committee will be Kwon Eun-hee, Lee Tae-gyu, Koo Hyuk-mo, Kim Kyung-hwan, all supreme council members, and Choi Byung-gil, former emergency committee member of the Liberty Korea Party. In the case of Representative Lee Tae-gyu, he will also serve as the head of the election countermeasures headquarters and chief of the comprehensive situation room.

Choi Dan-bi, a professor at Wonkwang University Law School who served as spokesperson for Ahn Cheol-soo’s 2018 Seoul mayoral campaign, and Jang Ji-hoon, deputy spokesperson, were appointed as spokespersons for the election committee. Additionally, election committees were formed for six regions: Seoul, Gyeonggi, Incheon, Honam, Yeongnam, and Chungcheong. The People’s Party plans to hold an inauguration greeting and commemorative photo session for the election committee at the National Assembly in the afternoon of the same day.

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