Candidate Kim Myung-jin: "Resolve Gwangju Military Airport Relocation Issue Within One Year of Term"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Kim Myung-jin, a preliminary candidate for the National Assembly representing Seo-gu Gap, Gwangju Metropolitan City from the Alternative New Party, announced on the 7th that he would support the selection of a relocation site within one year of his term to ensure the swift and smooth progress of the Gwangju Military Airport relocation project.

Preliminary candidate Kim Myung-jin stated, “It has already been nearly seven years since the Special Act on the Relocation and Support of Military Airports was enacted, and although the feasibility review of the relocation request conducted according to the procedures stipulated by law was notified as ‘appropriate’ 3 years and 5 months ago, the project has yet to move forward,” adding, “Within one year of my term, I will form a consultative body with local National Assembly members, local governments, and the Ministry of National Defense to discuss and ensure the swift progress of the military airport relocation project, including the selection of the relocation site.”

He continued, “Compared to Daegu and Suwon, which started promoting military airport relocation around the same time as Gwangju under the Special Act, the progress of the relocation project is significantly behind,” and said, “Although Gwangju Military Airport received the feasibility approval notification earlier than Daegu, which has already finalized the relocation site, it has yet to even select preliminary relocation candidate sites.”

He emphasized, “The military airport relocation project must no longer be delayed,” and asserted, “The Ministry of National Defense, as the department in charge of selecting preliminary relocation candidate sites, must promptly select these sites to expedite the military airport relocation project.”

He also stated, “I will turn my office in the National Assembly Members’ Office Building into the ‘Gwangju Military Airport Relocation Project Situation Room’ and carefully monitor the progress.”

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