Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok has appointed Rep. Kim Nam-hee, a former lawyer, to head a police reform task force. The party plans to draw on a range of voices — including women in their 20s and 30s and crime victims — to craft a police reform plan free from vested interests.
The Democratic Party said on the 25th that leader Kim appointed Rep. Kim to head the police reform task force. The task force will consist of about 10 members, with half of the seats filled by outside figures. The outside members will include police reform experts, civil society figures and representatives of crime victims.
Members from within the party will be selected based on their expertise and commitment to reform. Party lawmakers with police backgrounds will take part as advisers. The members will be recommended by task force head Kim and Secretary-General Han Jung-ae, with leader Kim making the final appointments.
A Democratic Party official said the task force would discuss reform tasks from the public's perspective, without being swayed by vested interests. "We will produce a reform plan that gives balanced consideration to system stability, reached through deliberation at the earliest possible date," the official said.
