Lee Seung-ho, Daegu City Deputy Mayor for Economy, Publicly Announces Resignation ... "I Must Not Be an Obstacle"

On February 3rd, Lee Seung-ho, Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs of Daegu City (right), received 20,000 masks to be distributed to self-support workers from Kim Tae-o, Chairman of DGB Financial Group, and posed for a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Lee Seung-ho, Deputy Mayor of Economy of Daegu City (61), has publicly announced his resignation, drawing attention to Mayor Kwon Young-jin's future response.

According to Daegu City, Deputy Mayor Lee informed Mayor Kwon on the 15th that he would not be an obstacle to personnel reform in the second half of the 7th term of the elected government and expressed his intention to resign. It is also known that Deputy Mayor Lee officially mentioned his resignation during the executive meeting that morning.

Deputy Mayor Lee, who has been in charge of the emergency livelihood funds for COVID-19, has recently faced calls for resignation from civic groups regarding the improper receipt of livelihood funds by public officials. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun also pointed out at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters meeting on the 10th, when the issue arose, "Daegu City should promptly proceed with the recovery procedures and take measures to hold those responsible accountable."

In a phone interview with local media on the same day, Deputy Mayor Lee explained his reason for resignation, saying, "I have worked hard to overcome COVID-19, but criticism has rather intensified. I judged that I should not be an obstacle to Daegu City, which needs a new breakthrough."

Despite Deputy Mayor Lee's resignation, it is not impossible that Mayor Kwon Young-jin may retain him. It is reported that Mayor Kwon responded to Deputy Mayor Lee by saying, "I will consider it."

Deputy Mayor Lee Seung-ho, who was CEO of SR, was appointed in August 2018 shortly after Mayor Kwon took office, and has been evaluated as having reasonably led the restructuring of Daegu's future industrial structure, including attracting the Korea Water Technology Certification Institute.

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