Jeon Gyeong-seon, Jeonnam Provincial Assembly Member, Receives 'Local Councilor Manifesto Promise Award'

Jeon Gyeong-seon, Jeonnam Provincial Assembly Member

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeon Gyeong-seon, Chairperson of the Operations Committee of the Jeonnam Provincial Council (Democratic Party·Mokpo 5), has won the ‘Local Council Member Manifesto Promise Award’ for two consecutive years.

According to the Jeonnam Provincial Council on the 14th, Chairperson Jeon received excellent evaluations in legislative activities and efforts to secure finances over the past two years, winning the Manifesto Promise Award in the ‘Local Election category’ last year and in the ‘Pledge Implementation category’ this year.

The ‘2020 Local Council Member Manifesto Promise Award,’ hosted by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters, accepted applications until the 20th of last month from 824 metropolitan and provincial council members nationwide. After 20 days of expert review, 17 individuals with outstanding ‘pledge implementation’ were selected as final awardees and announced.

Chairperson Jeon stated, “A pledge is a promise to citizens and a guide for my own legislative activities. To meet the high level of civic awareness of the citizens of my constituency, Mokpo, I actively gathered opinions from the establishment of pledges and will diligently fulfill every single one without missing any.”

He ran for Mokpo Provincial Councilor under the slogan ‘A world of coexistence, a world where people come first,’ pledging ▲Adding Hope ▲Reducing Anxiety ▲Multiplying Vitality ▲Sharing Happiness. He led initiatives such as improving educational environments including dust-free classrooms, expanding support for small business owners, and policies to revitalize the ordinary people’s economy.

As a result, the Mokpo Area Advancement Support Center was opened, and an ordinance for managing fine dust in schools was enacted. He devoted full efforts to legislative and financial pledge projects including ▲Creating forest trails and healing forests ▲Strengthening the solitary death monitoring team.

Jeon Gyeong-seon entered the 11th Jeonnam Provincial Council in 2018, served as Chairperson of the Health, Welfare, and Environment Committee for two years, and currently serves as Chairperson of the Council Operations Committee, overseeing overall council operations. In addition, he was elected Secretary-General of the National Association of Metropolitan and Provincial Council Operations Committee Chairpersons in September and is actively leading major issues such as the full revision of the Local Autonomy Act.

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