Haenam County Council Condemns Exclusion of Haenam in Subtropical Crop Demonstration Center Public Project

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Haenam County Council adopted a resolution condemning the Subtropical Crop Demonstration Center public project for being conducted with a deliberate evaluation aimed at excluding Haenam. (Photo by Haenam County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] The Haenam County Council in Jeollanam-do, chaired by Lee Soon-yi, adopted a resolution condemning the Subtropical Crop Demonstration Center public contest project, stating that the evaluation was intentionally conducted to exclude Haenam.

According to the Haenam County Council on the 18th, on the 17th, during the 2nd plenary session of the 302nd regular meeting, a resolution condemning the exclusion of Haenam County from the Subtropical Crop Demonstration Center public contest project was adopted with the unanimous support of all 11 Haenam County Council members, led by Representative Lee Sung-ok.

Through the resolution, the council stated, “For over a year, we have formed a task force to attract the Climate Change Response Agricultural Research Complex and united the entire population’s hopes for its establishment. However, the evaluation results based on the Rural Development Administration’s administrative convenience have distorted the essence of the project,” and “We strongly condemn this regrettable decision and demand an active explanation.”

In particular, the council strongly demanded that the Rural Development Administration Director explain before 70,000 residents whether the evaluation criteria and items were set with a specific region in mind to exclude Haenam prior to the Subtropical Crop Demonstration Center public contest, immediately cancel the current contest results, and re-evaluate the optimal site with fair evaluation criteria and items.

The council emphasized that agricultural research responding to climate change and the Subtropical Crop Demonstration Center should be fairly selected as the optimal site, considering it as a large-scale agricultural research institution looking forward to 100 years of Korean agriculture, aiming for future generations’ food security and sustainable agricultural development.

The Haenam County Council sent the resolution to related institutions including the Blue House, the National Assembly, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Director of the Rural Development Administration, and the Governor of Jeollanam-do.

Meanwhile, with the conclusion of this regular meeting, the 8th Haenam County Council will finish the first half of its session schedule and plans to hold the 303rd extraordinary meeting on the 1st of next month to elect the second half’s chairperson group.

Chairperson Lee Soon-yi will conclude her term as the chairperson of the first half of the 8th council with this session.

At this 2nd plenary session, a resolution strongly urging the full revision of the Local Autonomy Act to establish an institutional foundation for substantial regional balanced development and improve administrative and financial inefficiencies, led by Representative Kim Byung-duk, was also adopted. Among 13 ordinances including the ‘Haenam County Taxi Transportation Business Development and Support Ordinance,’ ‘Haenam County Regional Health Care Business Agency Ordinance,’ and ‘Haenam County Workplace Harassment Eradication and Victim Support Ordinance,’ 9 were approved as originally proposed, and 4 were approved with amendments.

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