Lee Jae-myung Appoints Choi In-ho and Kang Ki-jung as Special Envoy Leaders for Yeongnam and Honam Regions

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 29th, Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, appointed Representative Choi In-ho as the head of the Yeongnam special advisory group and former Blue House Senior Secretary for Political Affairs Kang Ki-jung as the head of the Honam special advisory group.

On the same day, the Democratic Party's presidential campaign committee issued a press release stating, "Choi In-ho, head of the Yeongnam special advisory group, and Kang Ki-jung, head of the Honam special advisory group, will work together under the slogan 'Yeong-Honam Together' until the presidential election day."

The campaign committee explained, "In the past, regional special advisory group heads focused their election campaigns on their respective regions, but the two special advisors, Choi In-ho and Kang Ki-jung, plan to engage in cross-regional activities without distinction between Yeongnam and Honam. They will focus on promoting candidate Lee’s policies on regional decentralization, balanced national development, and common pledges for Yeongnam and Honam, appealing for support."

Head Choi said, "I will appeal for support for candidate Lee as the right person to overcome the COVID-19 crisis and open a new era of localization by traveling throughout Yeongnam, including Busan and Daegu, as well as the entire Honam region such as Gwangju, Mokpo, and Jeonju."

Head Kang emphasized, "Gwangju and Busan, Honam and Yeongnam, have been important pillars of Korea’s political and economic development, leading industrialization and democratization together. While the axis of past economic development was the north-south axis centered on Seoul, now we must move toward an east-west belt era centered on Yeongnam and Honam." He added, "I will work tirelessly to prevent the birth of a prosecutorial republic that would ruin the country and to establish the 4th Democratic government succeeding the Kim Dae-jung, Roh Moo-hyun, and Moon Jae-in administrations."

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