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Namyangju council ends three-month deadlock, elects vice speaker and chairs
En breve
The Namyangju City Council in Gyeonggi Province elected a vice speaker, four standing committee chairs and a budget and settlement committee chair at the first plenary of its 322nd extraordinary session on Oct 6, ending roughly three months of paralysis over how to divide leadership posts. The People Power Party took the vice speaker post and the operating committee chair, while the Democratic Party took the other three standing committee chairs and the budget and settlement committee chair. Yonhap reported that a motion on Speaker Kim Jin-hee’s resignation, announced soon after her Sept 16 election, is on the agenda and is expected to be voted down.
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The Namyangju City Council in Gyeonggi Province elected a vice speaker, four standing committee chairs and a budget and settlement committee chair at the first plenary of its 322nd extraordinary session on Oct 6, completing a leadership line-up that had been stalled for about three months. Newsis reported that the council had finally finished its organizational composition and quoted “normalization of legislative affairs.” Yonhap reported that the council formed its leadership three months after opening. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Kim Dong-hoon of the People Power Party was elected vice speaker, and the operating committee chair went to Won Ju-young of the People Power Party. The planning and administration, culture and welfare, and urban transport committees went to Democratic Party members Lee Jin-hwan, Lim Young-shin and Lee Young-hwan respectively, and Jeon Hye-yeon was elected budget and settlement committee chair; Yonhap identified Jeon as a Democratic Party member. Asia Economy reported that committee rosters were also completed, listing vice chairs Hong Sung-woo for planning and administration, Kim Hee-sung for culture and welfare and Jeon Hye-yeon for urban transport. [ 2 , 3 ]
The council had been paralyzed since opening because the parties disagreed on distributing leadership posts, Yonhap reported. Democratic Party council members from the city’s A and Eul districts demanded five posts excluding the vice speaker, while the Byeong district position was that two posts should go to the People Power Party, according to the same report. Recently, Democratic Party council members proposed handing the vice speaker post and one standing committee chair to the People Power Party, which accepted, closing the dispute, Yonhap reported. [ 3 ]
Yonhap reported that the council elected Democratic Party member Kim Jin-hee as speaker on Sept 16. Democratic Party members had initially agreed on Son Jeong-ja as their candidate, but defections meant Kim won with support from People Power Party members by 11 votes to 10. The council has 21 members — 11 Democratic Party and 10 People Power Party. Yonhap reported that Kim announced her resignation immediately after her election and that the motion is on the extraordinary session agenda; re-electing a speaker would require a majority of members present and a majority of those present in favour, and because the parties each have 10 members apart from Kim and People Power Party members maintain their support for her, the item is expected to be voted down. [ 3 ]
Asia Economy reported that the council plans to hold a second plenary on Oct 7 to hear a proposal explanation for the 2026 second supplementary budget. [ 2 ]
Por qué importa
With the leadership in place, the council can move to business it had been unable to handle, starting with a proposal explanation for the 2026 second supplementary budget at a second plenary on Oct 7, Asia Economy reported. Yonhap reported that the pending resignation motion by Speaker Kim Jin-hee is expected to be rejected, an outcome that would leave the new arrangement intact but the dispute formally unresolved. The documents give no indication of consequences beyond the council’s own operations.
Datos clave
- The Namyangju City Council held the first plenary of its 322nd extraordinary session on Oct 6. [ 2 ]
- Kim Dong-hoon of the People Power Party was elected vice speaker. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Won Ju-young of the People Power Party was elected operating committee chair; Lee Jin-hwan, Lim Young-shin and Lee Young-hwan of the Democratic Party were elected chairs of the planning and administration, culture and welfare, and urban transport committees. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Jeon Hye-yeon was elected chair of the budget and settlement committee; Yonhap identified her as a Democratic Party member. [ 2 , 3 ]
- The council had been paralyzed for about three months after opening because of disagreement over the distribution of leadership posts. [ 3 ]
- Democratic Party council members proposed handing the vice speaker post and one standing committee chair to the People Power Party, which accepted, according to Yonhap. [ 3 ]
- The council has 21 members: 11 from the Democratic Party and 10 from the People Power Party. [ 3 ]
- The council plans a second plenary on Oct 7 to hear a proposal explanation for the 2026 second supplementary budget. [ 2 ]
Confirmado por varias fuentes
- Kim Dong-hoon of the People Power Party was elected vice speaker at the Oct 6 plenary. [ 2 , 3 ]
- The four standing committee chairs are Won Ju-young (operating), Lee Jin-hwan (planning and administration), Lim Young-shin (culture and welfare) and Lee Young-hwan (urban transport). [ 2 , 3 ]
- Jeon Hye-yeon was elected budget and settlement committee chair. [ 2 , 3 ]
- The council completed its leadership composition, ending a period of paralysis. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Aún sin aclarar
- Whether Speaker Kim Jin-hee’s resignation will be accepted. Only Yonhap reports the resignation motion, and it describes the expected rejection as a prediction based on the parties each holding 10 members apart from Kim and on continued People Power Party support for her. No other document mentions the resignation.
- How the final allocation of posts compares with the Democratic Party’s earlier demand for five chairs excluding the vice speaker. Yonhap describes the earlier positions and the eventual deal but does not spell out how the numbers reconcile; no other document covers the dispute.
Qué dicen los medios locales
Cronología, hora local
- Newsis reports that the Namyangju City Council has wrapped up its organizational composition, quoting “normalization of legislative affairs” (Oct 6). [ 1 ]
- Asia Economy reports the council elected the vice speaker, four standing committee chairs and the budget and settlement committee chair at the 322nd extraordinary session (Oct 6). [ 2 ]
- Yonhap reports the council formed its leadership three months after opening and that the motion on Speaker Kim Jin-hee’s resignation is on the extraordinary session agenda (Oct 7). [ 3 ]