The Democratic Party Launches the 'Administrative Capital Completion Promotion Team'..."2020 is the First Year for Completing the Administrative Capital"

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[Asia Economy Reporters Kang Nahum and Jeon Jinyoung] The Democratic Party of Korea officially launched the 'Administrative Capital Completion Promotion Team' on the 27th to complete the relocation of the administrative capital to Sejong City.

The promotion team held its first meeting at the National Assembly on the same day and appointed a total of 17 members, considering expertise, constituencies, and affiliated standing committees.

From Seoul, including the promotion team leader, Representative Woo Won-sik, Representatives Lee Hae-sik, Kim Young-bae, Kim Min-seok, and Oh Ki-hyung were appointed. In the Chungcheong region, a total of 10 members were appointed, including Legal Team Leader Representative Park Beom-gye and Representatives Park Wan-joo, Cho Seung-rae, and Lee Jang-seop. From the metropolitan area, Representatives Cho Eung-cheon, Moon Jung-bok, and Maeng Sung-kyu were appointed, and from Gangwon, Jeju, Gwangju, and Gyeongnam, Representatives Song Ki-heon, Song Jae-ho, Min Hyung-bae, and Kim Doo-kwan were appointed respectively to represent their regions.

The promotion team decided to operate in four subcommittees: law, research planning, regional innovation, and public communication. Among these, the law subcommittee plans to recruit additional external legal experts.

The promotion team will decide on one of three approaches?constitutional amendment, national referendum, or special legislation proposed through bipartisan agreement?after holding regional roundtable discussions and policy task meetings by the end of this year's regular National Assembly session. Additionally, on the 29th, they plan to hold a meeting with members of the National Policy Task Council, and on the 3rd of next month, they plan to visit the Sejong City site.

Floor Leader Kim Tae-nyeon attended the meeting and stated, "Completing the administrative capital is an urgent task that cannot be delayed any longer," adding, "The Democratic Party will make 2020 the inaugural year for completing the administrative capital."

Representative Woo said, "As one axis of balanced development, we will create an economic capital Seoul that is evaluated not by apartment prices but by innovation," and added, "Like the relationship between Washington and New York in the United States, we will develop Sejong as the administrative capital and Seoul as the economic capital, advancing them into top international cities."

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