'2030 Full Deployment' Lee Jae-myung Gwangju Election Committee Launches on 28th

Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party of Korea's presidential candidate, is paying respects at the Gwangju National 5.18 Democratic Cemetery on October 22.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The first regional campaign committee of Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, centered on youth, will be launched in Gwangju.

According to the Democratic Party Gwangju Metropolitan City Party on the 25th, the Gwangju campaign committee has positioned 2030 youth as campaign co-chairs in full alignment with the candidate’s intention to reform the central campaign committee.

Among the 10 joint campaign co-chairs, all except Song Gap-seok, the chairman of the Gwangju City Party, are composed of young people.

Included is a high school senior student aged 18 with voting rights, and the gender ratio is balanced with 5 women and 5 men.

Not only the campaign co-chairs but also Kang Soo-hoon, the head of the Gwangju City Party’s presidential pledge planning office, was appointed as the standing campaign headquarters director who will practically lead the election, and many young people were also placed in key positions such as spokespersons.

Six Gwangju area lawmakers, excluding Song Gap-seok, the chairman of the Gwangju City Party, support the young campaign committee by taking responsibility for regional activities as standing advisors of the campaign committee.

Key figures such as Park Kwang-tae, former mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, Kang Ki-jung, former senior secretary for political affairs at the Blue House, and former lawmakers Jo Young-taek and Jeon Gap-gil served as honorary campaign co-chairs, forming a melting pot campaign committee by including supporters from the camps of candidates Lee Nak-yeon, Chung Sye-kyun, and Kim Du-kwan, who competed with Lee Jae-myung during the primary.

The launch ceremony of the Gwangju campaign committee, which Lee Jae-myung will attend in person, will be held at 3 p.m. on the 28th at the 4th floor convention hall of the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Chipyeong-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju.

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