Democratic Party Freshmen Meeting "Urgent Promotion of Introducing Medium Multi-Member District System and Daejang-dong Special Prosecutor"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] The Democratic Party of Korea's freshman group 'Deomincho' stated on the 15th that political reform legislation, including the introduction of a multi-member district system for basic councilors, and a special investigation into the Daejang-dong development scandal should be promptly pursued.

Ko Young-in, the chairperson of Deomincho's steering committee, along with freshman Democratic Party lawmakers Lee Tan-hee, Yang I-won-young, Lee Soo-jin, and Yoon Young-duk, held a briefing at the National Assembly that morning to announce this.

At the briefing, Deomincho said, "Our party demands that the election law amendment bill, which introduces a multi-member district system electing three members per district in the upcoming local elections and prevents satellite parties, be promptly processed first, in line with the political reforms promised by the Democratic Party and candidate Lee Jae-myung during the presidential election."

Deomincho also urged, "We call for the swift implementation of the special investigation into the Daejang-dong scandal that emerged during the presidential election process," and added, "We also demand that the Democratic Party fulfill its past promises, including the 50 trillion won support for small business owners."

Regarding the election of the floor leader, which is conducted using the 'conclave' method similar to the papal election, Deomincho stated, "We request the floor leader election management committee to proceed. The Democratic Party is agreeing and promoting the papal election method," and emphasized, "However, we urge that supplementary measures be put in place to verify each candidate's policies and views before election."

On the emergency committee system led by former floor leader Yoon Ho-jung, Deomincho said, "There are various opinions within the freshmen members," but added, "Currently, there are no plans to directly demand the resignation of the emergency committee chairperson."

They further stated, "There will be a discussion between the emergency committee chairperson and Deomincho on the 17th, and we will make demands during that process."

After the briefing, when Ko was asked by reporters whether there was any backlash against the emergency committee, he replied, "There is a sense of concern, but I think it is unreasonable to move toward the 'Lee Jae-myung emergency committee system' as some claim, so discussions have somewhat calmed down."

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