'Daejang-dong Administrative Investigation' Blocked by Democratic Party Opposition... Opposition Forms 'Citizen Joint Investigation Team'

Seongnam City Council Opposition Party "Will Form Daejang-dong Citizen Investigation Team"

The 'Daejang-dong Special Favor Suspicion Administrative Investigation' promoted by the opposition party in Seongnam City Council was blocked on the 12th due to opposition from the majority party, the Democratic Party of Korea. Photo by Seongnam City Council live broadcast capture.

On the 17th, opposition council members of Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province announced plans to form a 'Citizen Joint Investigation Team' by the end of this month in response to the failure of the 'Daejang-dong Special Favor Suspicion Administrative Investigation' pushed by opposition members, which was blocked by the Democratic Party of Korea.

The 'Daejang-dong Suspicion Citizen Joint Investigation Team,' consisting of about 25 members, will include general citizens, all 15 opposition members from the three opposition parties, and a legal advisory group.

The Citizen Joint Investigation Team plans to utilize the city council members' right to request document submission and citizens' right to request information disclosure to obtain and analyze materials related to the Daejang-dong development from the city administration, and then announce the results.

Earlier, on the 12th, the 'Daejang-dong Special Favor Suspicion Administrative Investigation Request Agenda' proposed by opposition members was rejected with 15 votes in favor and 19 against out of 34 members present at the plenary session.

The 15 opposition members who supported the agenda included 13 from the People Power Party, 1 from the Minsheng Party, and 1 from the Awake Citizens Solidarity Party, while 19 members of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea opposed it.

Democratic Party members opposed the agenda, stating, "Since investigations by the prosecution and police are ongoing and Seongnam City and Seongnam Urban Development Corporation are taking legal and administrative measures, the administrative investigation is unnecessary."

The opposition in the city council also plans to file a public interest audit request with the Board of Audit and Inspection together with citizens. On the 6th, People Power Party members Kim Eun-hye, Kim Hyeong-dong, and Jeon Ju-hye, members of the 'Daejang-dong Task Force' (TF), submitted a public interest audit request to the Board of Audit and Inspection along with about 550 Daejang-dong residents, and the city council plans to proceed with a separate audit request at the council level.

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