Democratic Party Fully Assigns Party Positions to Pro-Moon, Non-Myung, Honam Factions... "Cho Jung-sik Retained as Secretary-General"

Song Gap-seok appointed as Supreme Council Member,
Kim Min-seok as Policy Committee Chair,
Kwon Chil-seung as Chief Spokesperson appointed

On the 27th, the Democratic Party of Korea newly appointed nominated Supreme Council members and the chairperson of the Policy Committee. Lee Jae-myung, the party leader of the Democratic Party who had faced demands for reform such as party position reshuffles, appeared to appoint a large number of pro-Moon Jae-in faction figures. However, the highly anticipated Secretary-General position was retained by the current lawmaker, Jo Jung-sik.

Park Sung-jun, the Democratic Party spokesperson, explained in a briefing after the Supreme Council meeting that day, "The Democratic Party has carried out a reshuffle of party positions today," adding, "This reshuffle considered integration, balance, and stability."

According to this reshuffle, Song Gap-seok, a lawmaker nominated by the party leader, was appointed as a nominated Supreme Council member. Kim Min-seok was appointed as the chairperson of the Policy Committee, and Kim Sung-joo was appointed as the senior deputy chairperson of the Policy Committee.

Park Sang-hyuk was appointed as the Deputy Secretary-General for Digital Strategy, also known as the Third Deputy Secretary-General, and Han Byung-do was appointed as the chairperson of the Strategic Planning Committee.

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 27th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Kwon Chil-seung was appointed as the chief spokesperson, and Kang Sun-woo was appointed as a spokesperson. Among the existing spokesperson team, only Park Sung-jun and Han Min-soo were retained.

Regarding this reshuffle, Spokesperson Park explained, "There were voices within the party calling for a reshuffle of party positions," adding, "Naturally, the emphasis was on integration in a broad sense, and balance by widely appointing capable individuals, as well as stability, were considered."

After many lawmakers either supported, abstained, or invalidated the arrest motion against Leader Lee, there was controversy surrounding the party’s leadership system. For now, the Democratic Party has settled on managing the situation through a reshuffle of party positions, and this appointment carries the character of such a remedial measure.