Lee Jae-myung Open Camp 3rd Personnel Appointment... Moon Jin-seok and Kwak No-hyeon Join

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[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] The 'Open Camp' of Lee Jae-myung, the leading presidential candidate from the Democratic Party of Korea and Governor of Gyeonggi Province, recruited additional personnel on the 20th.

Open Camp announced the third round of additional appointments through a press release on the same day. This comes five days after the second round of appointments announced on the 15th. In addition to Assemblyman Moon Jin-seok, a close aide of Governor Lee, and Na So-yeol, former Vice Governor of Chungnam Province, former Assemblyman Lee Kyu-hee was appointed as co-head of the Chungnam joint headquarters.

Assemblyman Moon will also serve as co-head of the joint situation room alongside Assemblyman Kim Young-jin, a member of the Lee Jae-myung faction, and Assemblywoman Kwon In-sook, known as a gender equality expert. Along with Moon, Assemblymen Lim Jong-sung and Seo Young-seok, who recently submitted their resignation after being advised to voluntarily leave the Democratic Party due to speculation allegations following the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission’s (ACRC) full-scale real estate investigation, as well as expelled proportional representative Assemblywoman Yang Yi-won-young, have joined the camp.

Open Camp assigned Lim as the general deputy head, Seo as the chair of the Health and Welfare Committee, and Yang as the head of the Climate, Energy, and Environment Special Advisory Group. Assemblyman Jung Sung-ho’s position as general special advisor was jointly taken by senior five-term Assemblyman Ahn Min-seok. Additionally, former 2nd Operations Command Commander Lee Cheol-hwi was appointed head of the Defense and Security Special Advisory Group, former Democratic Policy Research Institute Director Park Soon-sung as deputy head of policy, and former Seoul Institute Director Seo Wang-jin was also appointed.

Notably, former Park Won-soon faction members outside the National Assembly joined the camp. Ha Seung-chang, a former Senior Secretary for Civil Society at the Blue House and former Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs of Seoul during Park Won-soon’s tenure as mayor, was appointed head of campaign planning, and Seo Wang-jin, Park’s former policy brain, was appointed deputy head of policy. With Assemblyman Park Hong-geun, a close aide of Park Won-soon, serving as Lee’s chief secretary, key figures from the Park Won-soon faction have largely united.

Open Camp stated, "We will lower the barriers to participation so that people can join not only now but also later to support Candidate Lee," and added, "We will announce additional appointments such as deputy heads of policy as they are finalized."

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