
First-term lawmaker Lee Kwang-hee was reappointed as standing representative... Representatives Kim Moon-soo and Kim Jun-hyuk elected as co-representatives
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The Democratic National Innovation Council is a strong, pro-name organization within the Democratic Party of Korea, and many of its members entered the National Assembly in the last general election.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Jung-hoon = The Democratic National Innovation Conference (Innovation Conference), a strong pro-Myung (pro-Lee Jae-myung) group within the Democratic Party of Korea, elected its fourth leadership team on the 8th.
The Innovation Council held a national convention at the National Assembly on this day and elected first-time lawmaker Lee Kwang-hee as a standing representative. Rep. Lee, who was the standing representative in the third leadership, was reappointed for a second term.
First-time lawmakers Kim Moon-soo and Kim Jun-hyuk, and Park Wan-hee and Lee Jae-yong, who served as regional representatives of the Innovation Council, were also elected as co-representatives.
In his congratulatory speech, Democratic Party floor leader Han Byeong-do said, “The Democratic Innovation Council is a powerful innovation community that puts the values of party innovation and political reform into practice in the field.” He added, “I believe that the Innovation Council will be the strongest support for the success of the Lee Jae-myung administration.”
The Innovation Conference has chosen ‘Innovation again, Lee Jae-myung until the end’ as its new slogan and plans to continue supporting it from inside and outside the party.
The Innovation Council, which started as an organization outside the National Assembly, has become an organization that encompasses both inside and outside the National Assembly as its members, including Rep. Kim Woo-young, who served as the first standing representative, entered the National Assembly in the last general election.

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