Seven districts, including Seoul's Dongjak-eul and Daegu's Dalseo-byeong, to accept chair applications from Monday through Dec. 5
The Democratic Party of Korea has designated 11 district committees nationwide as troubled committees and named acting chairs for eight of them, including the constituencies of independent lawmakers Kim Byung-kee and Kang Sun-woo.
Chief Spokesperson Park Sung-joon announced the decisions of the party's special committee on organizational strengthening Friday after a Supreme Council meeting at the National Assembly. The party plans to publicly recruit candidates for new chairs in seven of the district committees from Monday through Dec. 5.
The 11 districts designated as troubled committees are Seoul's Dongjak-eul, Seocho-gap and Gangnam-eul; Busan's Nam-gu and Geumjeong-gu; Daegu's Dalseo-byeong; Gyeonggi Province's Yeoju-Yangpyeong; Gangwon Province's Sokcho-Inje-Goseong-Yangyang and Hongcheon-Hoengseong-Yeongwol-Pyeongchang; and North Gyeongsang Province's Pohang Nam-gu-Ulleung and Gyeongju.
Named as acting district chairs were Seoul Metropolitan Council member Jang Sang-gi for Gangseo-gap, Seoul Metropolitan Council member Kim Jeong-hwan for Dongjak-gap, former Seocho-gu Council member Jang Ok-jun for Seocho-gap, and Gangnam-gu Council member Lee Sang-ae for Gangnam-eul. Gangseo-gap and Dongjak-gap are the constituencies of Kang Sun-woo and Kim Byung-kee, who both left the Democratic Party.
In Busan, former Nam-gu Council member Park Gu-seul was named acting chair for Nam-gu and Geumjeong-gu Council member Yun Chi-ho for Geumjeong-gu. Gangwon Provincial Assembly member Choe Jong-hyeon was named for Sokcho-Inje-Goseong-Yangyang, and Pohang City Council member Park Chil-yong for Pohang Nam-gu-Ulleung.
The seven districts opening public applications for new chairs are Seoul's Dongjak-eul, Daegu's Dalseo-byeong, Gyeonggi Province's Yeoju-Yangpyeong, Gangwon Province's Hongcheon-Hoengseong-Yeongwol-Pyeongchang, North Gyeongsang Province's Gyeongju, and South Gyeongsang Province's Miryang-Uiryeong-Haman-Changnyeong and Changwon-Masan-Happo.
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