Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myung's Gwangju-Jeonnam Support Group 'Hope 22 Forum' Launches

Kim Jin-woo, Former Korea JC Central Chairman, Appointed as Standing Representative; Lawyer Jeong Jun-ho Named Co-Standing Representative

On the 19th, the Hope 22 Founders' Meeting. Photo by Hope 22 Forum

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The ‘Hope 22 Forum,’ a support group in the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions for Lee Jae-myung, the leading presidential candidate and Governor of Gyeonggi Province, has been launched.

According to local political circles on the 25th, the Hope 22 Forum will hold its inaugural general meeting and officially begin activities at 3 p.m. on the 26th in Room 308 of K-One Officetown, Chipyeong-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City.

Due to the government’s social distancing measures amid the spread of COVID-19, the event will be broadcast online and conducted simultaneously through non-face-to-face SNS channels and offline participation.

Kim Jin-woo, former Chairman of the Korea JC Central Association, will serve as the standing representative, and lawyer Jung Jun-ho will serve as co-standing representative.

Former Nam-gu Deputy District Mayor Oh Byung-hyun and former Chairwoman of the Gwangju Women Workers’ Association Kim Kyung-hee were appointed as co-representatives.

In addition, about 550 members, including 20 co-representatives, 50 executive committee members, 200 operating committee members, and approximately 250 supporting members, participate as opinion leaders in the Gwangju area, as well as experts from the economic, legal, academic, sports, cultural sectors, civil society organizations, and various fields.

The Hope 22 Forum will serve as a think tank that leads the development of the Gwangju-Jeonnam community under the slogan of the spirit of the times and democratic reform, discovering policy tasks in each field and reflecting them in next year’s presidential election pledges.

In particular, to actively prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the post-COVID-19 era, it plans to carry out practical activities as a platform for communication, innovation, and coexistence that gathers citizens’ capabilities cohesively and leads their implementation.

Standing Representative Kim Jin-woo said, “Through voluntary political participation by citizens and the discovery of the spirit of the times and regional agendas, we will give meaning to a ‘citizen-led forum’ that sparkles like soda, accelerating the development of South Korea beyond Gwangju and Jeonnam.” He added, “We will actively work to improve citizen sovereignty and quality of life in line with the current era, just as the great unity of the May 1980 movement did.”

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