The 9th Geochang County Council Elects Lee Hong-hee as Chairman for Third Term … Sole Candidate, Majority Approval

"We Promise Our Best Efforts for the Development of Geochang-gun and Its Council"

Chairman Lee Hong-hee, elected with the consent of 10 out of 11 members in the Geochang County Council chairman election.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] At the 1st plenary session of the 263rd Geochang County Council extraordinary meeting held on the 4th, the election of the chairperson team took place. For this chairperson team election, Councilor Lee Hong-hee ran unopposed as the chairperson candidate, and Councilor Park Soo-ja ran unopposed as the vice-chairperson candidate.

Since both chairperson team candidates ran unopposed, they were elected through a majority vote. In the chairperson election, 10 out of 11 members voted in favor, and one member cast a dissenting vote.

In the vice-chairperson election, Councilor Park Soo-ja was elected with 10 votes in favor and 1 invalid vote. Following this, elections for the chairpersons of the General Affairs Committee, the Industry and Construction Committee, and the Council Steering Committee were held.

As a result of the elections, independent Councilor Pyo Ju-suk was elected as the chairperson of the General Affairs Committee, People Power Party Councilor Shin Jae-hwa as the chairperson of the Industry and Construction Committee, and Democratic Party Councilor Kim Hong-seop as the chairperson of the Council Steering Committee.

The members of the General Affairs Committee were decided as Councilor Pyo Ju-suk, the chairperson, along with Democratic Party Councilor Kim Hong-seop, People Power Party Councilors Shin Mi-jung and Shin Jung-yang, and independent Councilor Lee Jae-woon.

The Industry and Construction Committee members include Chairperson Shin Jae-hwa, People Power Party Councilors Kim Hyang-ran, Choi Jun-gyu, Park Soo-ja, and Kim Hye-sook.

The Council Steering Committee members are Chairperson Kim Hong-seop, People Power Party Councilors Shin Jung-yang, Choi Jun-gyu, Shin Jae-hwa, and independent Councilor Pyo Ju-suk.

Chairperson Lee Hong-hee, in his acceptance speech, stated, “As chairperson, I promise to support my fellow councilors’ legislative activities based on mutual respect and to do my best for the development of Geochang County and the council.” He added, “Our 9th council has the historic mission to strengthen the status of local councils and achieve a true era of local autonomy in line with the full revision of the Local Autonomy Act. I hope all council members will join in this mission to help realize genuine local autonomy.”

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