Lim Lee-ja, a three-term lawmaker from Sangju and Mungyeong in North Gyeongsang, has risen to become the new policy committee chair of the People Power Party.
The People Power Party on the 20th approved Lim as the new policy committee chair at a general meeting of lawmakers. Lim is a former labor activist who served as vice chair of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, spent most of her legislative career on the National Assembly's Environment and Labor Committee, and served as chair of the Strategy and Finance Committee in the first half of the 22nd Assembly. She has also held party posts including deputy floor leader, member of the emergency response committee, chair of the party's special committee on labor reform, and chair of the special committee on climate crisis response.
The People Power Party's policy committee chair post had been vacant since June 10, when then–policy committee chair Jeong Jeom-sik became floor leader. Differences between party leader Jang Dong-hyeok and floor leader Jeong led to difficulties in selecting a new policy committee chair.
At the general meeting, new policy committee chair Lim Lee-ja said, "The People Power Party must now read the public's anxiety accurately, present realistic alternatives, and earn trust through results," adding, "We will not stop at listening to difficulties on the ground; we will answer with bills, budgets, and institutional improvements."
That day, three lawmakers—Kim Mi-ae, Kim Eun-hye, and Park Su-young—were appointed as deputy policy committee chairs of the People Power Party. In addition, lawmakers Kwak Gyu-taek and Lee Sang-hwi joined the deputy floor leadership.