The plan to elect Commissioners for the 3rd Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cleared the National Assembly floor on the 23rd.
The National Assembly held a plenary session that day and elected 10 Commissioners recommended by the legislature, including two standing Commissioners and eight nonstanding Commissioners for the TRC.
As standing Commissioners, Lee Ho-jung, a professor at Sogang University Law School, recommended by the Democratic Party of Korea, and Jang Young-soo, an emeritus professor at Korea University Law School, recommended by the People Power Party, were appointed.
Lee has worked in civil society as an executive director at the Catholic Human Rights Committee and as the head of the Institute for Information and Human Rights. Jang served as an adviser to the National Assembly's special committee on constitutional amendment, a member of the Constitutional Court special committee on institutional improvement, and a policy adviser to the National Human Rights Commission, and previously served four years as a nonstanding Commissioner in the 2nd TRC.
For nonstanding Commissioners, those recommended by the Democratic Party of Korea—attorney Kim Young-joo of Jihyang law firm, activist Kim Jeong-ha of Barefoot Action for Disability and Human Rights, and Jeong Won-ok, head of the Institute for Culture and Society—were elected. The People Power Party recommended attorney Kim Woong-gi of Sein Partners, Lee Dong-uk, former Commissioner of the May 18 Democratization Movement Truth Commission, and attorney Choi Chang-ho of Jeongron.
National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-sik recommended Lee Hyun-joo, head of the Park Jong-cheol Center, as a nonstanding Commissioner, while the Basic Income Party, a nonnegotiating group, recommended Park Rae-gun, a director at Human Rights Foundation Saram.
The TRC will be composed of 13 members in total, including Chairperson Song Sang-gyo of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, standing Commissioner Kim Gwi-ok, and nonstanding Commissioner Park Gu-byeong, all designated by President Lee Jae-myung, along with the Commissioners recommended by the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, at the plenary session that day, the motion to recommend Kim Nam-joo as a nonstanding Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission was also approved.