People Power Party Approves Appointment of Rep. Lim이자 as Policy Committee Chair

The ruling People Power Party announced during a briefing by Chief Floor Spokesperson Choi Su-jin that it endorsed third-term Representative Lim I-ja from Sangju and Mungyeong in North Gyeongsang Province as its new policy committee chair during a general meeting of lawmakers held this morning (August 20).

Rep. Lim, a former labor activist who served as vice chairperson of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, has spent most of her legislative career on the National Assembly Environment and Labor Committee and served as chair of the Finance and Economy Strategy Committee during the first half of the 22nd National Assembly.

Within the party, she has held key positions including deputy floor leader, member of the emergency steering committee, chair of the party's labor reform special committee, and chair of the climate crisis response special committee.

The policy committee chair position had remained vacant for over two months since former Policy Committee Chair and Floor Leader Jung Jeom-sik was elected as the new floor leadership on June 10, before Rep. Lim was nominated the previous day, more than two months later.

Under the party constitution, the policy committee chair is appointed by the party leader in consultation with the floor leader, following approval by the general meeting of lawmakers.

The policy committee chair is classified as an ex-officio Supreme Council member alongside the party leader and floor leader, holding voting rights in the Supreme Council, the party's decision-making body.

On this day, Representatives Kim Mi-ae, Kim Eun-hye, and Park Soo-young were appointed as vice chairs of the People Power Party Policy Committee.

Additionally, Representatives Kwak Kyu-tek and Lee Sang-hwi joined the floor leadership's deputy floor leader team.

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