Moon Seok-jin, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, Supports One-Point Constitutional Amendment Including National Constitutional Proposal Right

Attendance at the Founding Ceremony and Press Conference of the National Initiative Constitutional Amendment Coalition on the Morning of the 15th, Supporting the Founding and Solidarity Speech... "Constitutional Amendment by the People is the People's Legitimate Right and the Realization of Direct Democracy" Claim

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] On the morning of the 15th, Moon Seok-jin, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, attended the ‘National Initiative Constitutional Amendment Coalition Inauguration Ceremony and Press Conference’ held on the 19th floor of the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, and strongly expressed his support for a one-point constitutional amendment that includes the national right to propose constitutional amendments.

Moon Seok-jin, who is the chairman of the Local Autonomy and Decentralization Local Government Council and the chairman of the Special Committee on Local Decentralization Constitutional Amendment of the National Association of Mayors, County Heads, and District Heads, pointed out in his remarks that “Although the government established by the candlelight public sentiment promised local decentralization at the level of a federal system, the political circles and central government stubbornly cling to vested interests and only incite calculations of vested rights, showing no sincerity or actions that truly serve the people.”

Mayor Moon emphasized, “For each citizen, the local economy and safety of our neighborhood are much more important,” and urged, “Please entrust the authority and responsibility to local governments, which are closely connected to the lives of residents, for the happiness and safety of the residents.”

He also stressed, “Constitutional amendment by the people is a natural right of the people and the realization of direct democracy,” adding, “We must remember that the people are at the center from the starting line to the finish line of realizing local autonomy and decentralization.”

The National Initiative Constitutional Amendment Coalition, inaugurated that day, announced that before a full constitutional revision, it will prioritize a one-point constitutional amendment including the national right to propose constitutional amendments as a ‘primer for constitutional amendment.’

The coalition’s goal is to first regain the ‘national right to propose constitutional amendments’ through a national referendum during the April 15 general election, and secondly, to exercise that right after the general election to promote a full constitutional amendment.

Earlier, on the 8th of this month, the National Association of Mayors, County Heads, and District Heads held an advisory committee joint meeting and declared that it would devote all efforts to promoting the ‘April general election pledges for local autonomy and fiscal decentralization’ through negotiations with the National Assembly and political parties, centered on the Special Committee on Local Decentralization Constitutional Amendment chaired by Mayor Moon Seok-jin.

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