The 2nd Gwangju Military Airport Opposition Muan County Joint Committee Launches Full-Scale Activities

Appealing for Participation in Petition Campaign While Distributing Promotional Materials at Busking Performance Venue

The Gwangju Combat Airfield Muan Relocation Opposition Pan-Citizen Countermeasure Committee conducted a promotional campaign against the Gwangju Combat Airfield on the 15th at the Seungdal Culture and Arts Center outdoor emotional busking performance venue. (Photo by Muan-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The Gwangju Combat Airfield Muan Relocation Opposition Pan-Citizen Countermeasure Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Pan-Committee, Co-Chairman Park Mun-jae) announced on the 20th that it conducted promotional activities against the relocation of the Gwangju Combat Airfield at the outdoor emotional busking performance venue of Seungdal Culture and Arts Center on the 15th.

Despite the cold weather, more than 100 residents came to watch the busking performance at the event site that day. Pan-Committee officials distributed promotional items such as lap blankets to residents and appealed for their participation in the signature campaign to block the relocation of the Gwangju Combat Airfield to Muan.

The Pan-Committee was newly reorganized as the 2nd Pan-Citizen Countermeasure Committee following the inauguration of Park Mun-jae, the chairman of the Prosperity Association, as the new co-chairman in August. However, activities had been restrained due to the spread of COVID-19 and social distancing level 2 measures.

Instead of direct activities, they informed residents about the unfairness of the military airfield relocation mainly through non-face-to-face promotions such as posting banners, distributing hand sanitizers in apartment complexes, and posting posters in multi-use facilities.

With the relaxation of social distancing in Jeonnam Province to level 1 on the 12th, the Pan-Committee plans to launch full-scale 2nd term activities starting with promotional events at the emotional busking venue, holding cooperation meetings with resident instructors, and discussing solidarity with Hwaseong City.

Additionally, the Muan County Pan-Committee will hold resolution rallies in each town and township through discussions with its own Pan-Committees organized by townships to block the relocation of the Gwangju Combat Airfield to Muan.

A military official stated, “The unilateral relocation of the Gwangju military airfield that ignores the will of Muan residents must be withdrawn, and we will carry out various activities to block the relocation of the military airfield together with 100,000 county residents.”

Meanwhile, the Pan-Committee was launched in January last year as an organization composed of local social groups and residents to respond to the full-scale promotion of the military airfield relocation by Gwangju City.

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