Rep. Yoon Jae-gap Achieves 'Grand Slam' with Fourth Award Following Excellence in National Assembly Audit

Selected by the Korea-China Economic and Cultural Education Association, Recipient of the '2020 Excellent Assembly Member Award'

Yoon Jae-gap, Member of the National Assembly (The Democratic Party of Korea, Haenam·Wando·Jindo)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Yoon Jae-gap, a member of the National Assembly's Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock, Food, and Maritime Affairs Committee (Democratic Party, Haenam·Wando·Jindo), announced on the 26th that he received the ‘2020 Excellent Member of the National Assembly Award’ selected by the Korea-China Economic and Cultural Education Association.

With this, Assemblyman Yoon Jae-gap won four awards in the first National Assembly audit of the 21st National Assembly, starting with the Best Member of the National Assembly Award selected jointly by the National Farmers Federation and the Korea Agricultural Policy Newspaper.

Assemblyman Yoon was evaluated as having outstanding achievements contributing to social benefit and development through legislative activities, such as discovering agendas in the agriculture and fisheries sectors and proposing policy alternatives during the first National Assembly audit of the 21st National Assembly.

In fact, during the recent National Assembly audit, Assemblyman Yoon proposed policy alternatives for the development of agriculture, fisheries, and rural areas and the promotion of farmers' and fishermen's rights, including resolving blind spots in the public-type direct payment system and promoting measures against violations of origin labeling of agricultural and marine products in the rapidly increasing online shopping malls after COVID-19. Even after the audit ended, he held policy forums to seek practical improvement measures.

Assemblyman Yoon Jae-gap said, “I feel a heavy responsibility for achieving four awards as an excellent member of the National Assembly in my first audit,” and added, “I will carry out legislative activities that provide practical help to agriculture, fisheries, and rural areas suffering from double and triple hardships due to COVID-19 and various natural disasters.”

Meanwhile, on the 21st, Assemblyman Yoon Jae-gap was recognized for his efforts to develop the shipping industry, including ‘proposing measures to secure cargo volume to strengthen shipping competitiveness’ and ‘pointing out POSCO’s third-party logistics company,’ and received a plaque of appreciation from the Korea Shipping Association.

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