People Power Party Forms Emergency Steering Committee... Filling Hwang Kyo-ahn's Vacancy First

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hye-min] The People Power Party has begun full-scale organizational restructuring ahead of the Seoul and Busan by-elections. The position of the Seoul Jongno Party Committee Chair, recently vacated by former leader Hwang Kyo-ahn, is also subject to reorganization.

On the 5th, the People Power Party's spokesperson Kim Eun-hye announced that the Emergency Response Committee approved the formation of a Special Committee for Organizational Strengthening.

Secretary-General Jeong Yang-seok was appointed as the chair of the Special Committee, which consists of seven members including Lee Cheol-gyu, Vice President of Strategic Planning; Ham Kyung-woo, Vice President of Organization; Kim Gwan-ha, Chair of the Ethics Committee; Lee Yang-hee, Chair of the Party Affairs Audit Committee; Representative Hwang Bo-seung-hee; and lawyer Cheon Ha-ram.

The Special Committee will first focus on reorganizing vacant emergency party committees. With the Seoul and Busan by-elections scheduled for April next year, the committee plans to start restructuring in the Seoul and Gyeonggi regions. There are no emergency party committees in Busan.

Currently, there are a total of 12 vacant emergency party committees in the Seoul and Gyeonggi areas. In Seoul, these include ▲Gwanak-gap ▲Jongno-gu ▲Eunpyeong-gu Eul ▲Yangcheon-gu Gap ▲Nowon-gu Gap ▲Gangseo-gu Eul. In Gyeonggi, the list includes ▲Bucheon-si Byeong ▲Bucheon-si Jeong ▲Goyang-si Eul ▲Siheung-si Eul ▲Namyangju-si Eul ▲Osan-si.

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