Democratic Party Appoints Professor Park Guyong as Nominated Supreme Council Member... 'Honam Quota'

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 5th and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] On the 5th, the Democratic Party of Korea appointed Professor Park Gu-yong, a philosophy professor at Chonnam National University, as a nominated Supreme Council member.

Park Seong-jun, the party spokesperson, introduced in a briefing, "We have nominated Professor Park," adding, "Professor Park was born in 1968 and is a philosophy professor at Chonnam National University. He served as the planning chairman of the 5·18 Foundation." For political positions, Kim Byung-wook was appointed as the senior deputy chairman of the party's Policy Committee, Lee Hae-sik as the deputy general secretary of organization affairs, and Kim Nam-guk as the deputy general secretary of future affairs.

Kim Hyun-jung, chairperson of the council of regional committee chairpersons outside the National Assembly, and Hwang Myung-seon, former chairperson of the National Association of Mayors, County Governors, and District Heads, were appointed as spokespersons.

Within the party, new special committees such as the Livelihood Economic Crisis Countermeasures Committee and the Yoon Seok-yeol Regime Political Oppression Countermeasures Committee are set to be launched, with lawmakers Kim Tae-nyeon and Park Beom-gye appointed as chairpersons, respectively.

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