All 163 Democratic Party Lawmakers Join to Complete Campaign Committee Formation... Establishment of 2030 Platform Also Completed

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, is attending the Central Election Countermeasures Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 8th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] The Democratic Party of Korea completed the third round of appointments for the election campaign committee on the 9th, with all 163 members of the National Assembly participating except for incumbent ministers.

On the afternoon of the same day, the Democratic Party announced the third round of appointments for the campaign committee, stating, “We have finalized the main framework of the campaign committee by organizing the various headquarters.” The party has finished assigning first-term lawmakers to each headquarters and is set to begin full-scale operation of the campaign committee.

They plan to create a ‘Youth Platform’ centered on lawmakers in their 20s and 30s and actively communicate with the MZ generation. The Youth Platform includes lawmakers Lee Dong-hak, Jeon Yong-gi, Oh Young-hwan, Lee So-young, Jang Cheol-min, and Kim Nam-guk. To diversify public communication, they also formed the ‘Neomokdeul Committee (Committee for Listening to Your Voice),’ chaired by lawmaker Lee Tan-hee.

Additionally, appointments were made to committees under the central campaign committee. Lawmakers Yoon Gun-young and Hong Ki-won were elected as vice chairs of the Foreign Affairs, Unification, and Intelligence Committee. Lawmaker Choi Hye-young was appointed chair of the Committee for People with Disabilities. Lawmaker Yoon Jae-gap was appointed to the Marine and Fisheries Policy Committee, and lawmaker Hwang Un-ha was named chair of the Committee for Creating a Safe Society.

Park Kwang-on was appointed head of the public relations team, and former lawmaker Kim Sung-soo was named senior deputy head. During the primary election, Park supported former party leader Lee Nak-yeon, and Kim supported former Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun. The central election campaign headquarters, responsible for practical campaign work, also completed additional appointments. Lawmaker Jung Tae-ho was appointed chief of the general election campaign headquarters. Lawmakers Ko Young-in, Lee Sung-man, and Lee Hyung-seok were named deputy chiefs.

The Democratic Party also plans to organize committees related to urgent policy issues such as climate crisis carbon neutrality and marine fisheries to establish a system capable of prompt response. To strengthen livelihood response capabilities, they formed the Small Business and Self-Employed Livelihood Headquarters. Lawmakers Kim Kyung-man, Lee Dong-joo, and Lee Jang-seop, who have been in charge of related policies, were selected.

Although the campaign committee is about to be fully operational following the third round of appointments, there have been no ‘surprise appointments’ such as the recruitment of external personnel. The Democratic Party stated that future appointments will focus on external personnel and platform activation.

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