Assemblyman Jo O-seop Receives 'Outstanding Assemblyman Award' Selected by NGO Monitoring Group
Positive Reviews for Policy Audit on Housing Welfare and Fairness in Addressing Inequality
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Assemblyman Jo O-seop (The Democratic Party of Korea, Gwangju Buk-gu Gap) received the '2020 National Assembly Inspection National Interest and People's Welfare Award (Outstanding Assemblyman Award)' selected by the NGO Monitoring Group.
Assemblyman Jo was honored to receive the excellent assemblyman award for the third consecutive time, following the 'Top 10 Assemblymen for Excluding Political Strife and Practicing Livelihood' selected by the Consumer Sovereignty Citizens' Meeting and the '2020 National Assembly Inspection Excellent Assemblyman Award' from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Labor Union.
The NGO Monitoring Group for the National Assembly Inspection is an organization that has evaluated and analyzed the National Assembly inspections for 22 years since the 15th National Assembly. Experts from various fields serve as evaluators, comprehensively monitoring the standing committee inspections and selecting outstanding assemblymen through detailed evaluations.
Despite being a first-term member, Assemblyman Jo received high attention in the first National Assembly inspection of the 21st National Assembly as a member of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee by presenting alternatives and showing interest in housing welfare issues such as public housing move-in, settlement, and management, the fairness of widespread social injustices, and issues related to chartered bus vehicles for socially vulnerable groups.
He was also evaluated as leading policy inspections by proposing various alternatives on regional issues such as the overwork death of delivery workers, hazardous material transportation systems, public safety, the safe freight vehicle fare system, the full management system for taxis, and the poor demand forecasting at Songjeong Station.
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Assemblyman Jo said, "I have tried to create a National Assembly inspection that communicates with the people, realizing the Moon Jae-in administration's national philosophy, promoting fairness in social injustices, caring for socially vulnerable groups, and implementing Green New Deal policies in the post-COVID-19 era. I will uphold principles and convictions and continue my legislative activities with a more humble attitude."
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