Gwangju Metropolitan Council Appoints Additional Ethics Review Advisory Committee Member

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] The Gwangju Metropolitan Council (Chairman Kim Yong-jip) announced on the morning of the 21st that it held the appointment ceremony for advisory committee members of the Ethics Review Advisory Committee at the Council's Open Citizens Hall.

This is a follow-up measure for the resignation of members appointed in June last year and some vacancies.

The Ethics Review Advisory Committee plays a role in enhancing the expertise of the Ethics Special Committee's review and advising on disciplinary sentencing, and all seven advisory members were appointed from external figures such as lawyers and university professors.

The four advisory members appointed on this day?Ki Woo-sik (Secretary General of Participation and Autonomy 21), Kim Kyung-ran (former President of the Gwangju Metropolitan Women's Association Council), Park Chun-soo (former Gwangju Metropolitan Council member), and Lim Sun-sook (55th President of the Gwangju Bar Association)?plan to serve for the next two years.

Chairman Kim Yong-jip said, "Since the 7th Council, I have consistently emphasized the necessity of the Ethics Review Advisory Committee as an institutional device for council members to carry out fair and transparent legislative activities. As a result, our council has been organizing and operating an advisory committee composed of civilian members since June last year," adding, "I ask the advisory members to provide much encouragement and valuable advice from the perspective of the citizens."

Meanwhile, the existing advisory members consist of Yoo Gwan-jong (Chairman / Professor at Chosun University), Seo Ae-ryeon (Vice Chairman / Lawyer), and Kim Jung-hyun (Lawyer).

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