Together with Lee Nak-yeon, the new Democratic Party's new representative, Park Seong-min, a '24-year-old woman', has been appointed the highest committee member.

At a briefing on the appointment of duty at the National Assembly Communication Hall on the 31st, Choi In-ho said, "As a 24-year-old, appointee Park Sung-min is a talented person who has been highly praised for his competence as a youth spokesperson." We judged as the right person to respond.”

Born in 1996 and currently attending the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Korea University, Nominee Park Sung-min was selected as a youth spokesperson through an open audition in September last year.He worked as a member of the National University Student Committee of the Democratic Party, co-chair of the Yongin City Youth Policy Committee, and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Youth Participation Platform Policy Promotion Group. .

This'surprise selection' can be interpreted as embodied what President Lee Nak-yeon made in his acceptance speech on the 29th. Representative Lee said at the time, "The Democratic Party will be renovated to more closely empathize with the suffering of people from all walks of life and to deal with it more accurately."

However, one out of the two nominated positions for the party's representatives is appointed by Park Hong-bae, chairman of the Korea Federation of Trade Unions, and the composition of more than 30% of the top female members has been eliminated.

The Democratic Party's highest committee consists of the party representative, the in-house representative, 5 elected positions, and 2 nominated positions for the party representative (a total of 9 members). In addition, the quota system for the highest female members, including at least one woman out of the five elected positions, has been introduced and is being implemented. Currently, the highest member Nam In-soon is the only highest member of the elected positions for women.

On the 27th of last month, the Supreme Commissioner Nam proposed that the next party president-elect can nominate the two highest members of the nominated position as women, and to achieve more than 30% of the women's highest members. This was the remarks that came after the Democratic National Assembly Preparatory Committee on the 14th of last month decided not to introduce the 30% quota system for the top female members.

In addition, Nam Choi said, "President Moon Jae-in also adheres to the 30% women's personnel policy, which is a pledge, and this does not restrict the president's personnel rights." He emphasized that if women with diverse identities such as labor (personnel) are nominated, the Democratic Party can develop into a more gender-equal Democratic Party.” 

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