Geumcheon-gu Holds 2021 Non-Face-to-Face Residents' General Assembly

From the 24th, Non-face-to-face Resident General Meetings Held for Selecting Village Agendas by Each Dong... Online Voting-Centered with Offline Voting Combined to Prevent COVID-19 Spread

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) announced that each neighborhood's residents' autonomy committee will hold the '4th Non-face-to-face Residents' General Assembly of 2021' starting from May 24.

The 'Residents' General Assembly' refers to a democratic forum where residents' autonomy committees communicate and supplement the autonomy plans they have established together with village residents at the neighborhood level, enabling residents to make decisions independently in practice.

Since 2017, when all neighborhoods were converted to residents' autonomy committees nationwide for the first time, the district has held residents' general assemblies annually to collect residents' opinions.

However, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, this year as well as last year, residents' opinions will be gathered through a non-face-to-face method. Online voting will be the main method, with offline polling stations operated concurrently.

At this residents' general assembly, village agendas from each neighborhood based on autonomy plans such as the '2022 Residents' Autonomy Activity Support Project Plan' and the '2022 Seoul City Neighborhood-level Citizen Participation Budget Project Plan' will be presented.

Each neighborhood residents' autonomy committee has collected opinions from village residents through various methods including surveys centered on subcommittees since early this year, and to enhance project execution capability, they discussed legal reviews and project feasibility together with the relevant departments of the district office.

The non-face-to-face residents' general assembly will be held in 10 neighborhoods from the 24th starting with Doksan 2-dong until June 14.

Any resident of the respective neighborhood can participate in the residents' vote.

Online voting can be accessed through the Geumcheon-gu website, and the voting site will open according to the voting schedule for each neighborhood.

Yu Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, "Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, we are holding the non-face-to-face residents' general assembly again this year following last year," and added, "We hope for active participation from residents to realize a more mature residents' autonomy as a leading city in local autonomy."

For more details, inquiries can be made to the Geumcheon-gu Office Village Autonomy Division or each neighborhood community center.

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