Seo Eun-hee, Seocho District Mayor, Resigns "Running for Seocho Gap... Will Achieve Political Innovation"

Jo Eun-hee, Seocho District Mayor Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jun-yi] Jo Eun-hee, the mayor of Seocho District, will resign from her position to run in the Seoul Seocho-gap by-election for the National Assembly, held alongside next year's presidential election.

On the 29th, Jo's office announced through a press release that she submitted her resignation notice to the district council and applied for the People Power Party's Seocho-gap district committee chairperson position.

This move is to run in the Seocho-gap by-election, which became vacant following the resignation of People Power Party lawmaker Yoon Hee-sook. According to the Public Official Election Act and the Local Autonomy Act, the resignation deadline for incumbent local government heads is the 9th of next month, and a written resignation notice must be submitted to the district council chairperson at least 10 days before the resignation date.

Mayor Jo, a former political reporter, has served as Seoul Deputy Mayor and a Blue House secretary. She was elected as Seocho District Mayor in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. She also ranked third in the party primary for the April 7 Seoul mayoral by-election.

Regarding her candidacy for Seocho-gap, she said, "As the only opposition party mayor, I decided to run out of a sense of responsibility for regime change, which is the best value at this point." She added, "I apologize for not being able to complete my remaining term, but I will repay this with greater achievements."

She also expressed her ambition, stating, "I will achieve regime change and political innovation with policies that add value to people's lives, competence, and determination." She emphasized, "In particular, I will take the lead in solving real estate issues to alleviate the suffering of citizens burdened by soaring real estate prices and tax bombs."

After Mayor Jo's resignation, Deputy Mayor Cheon Jeong-wook will serve as acting head of Seocho District administration for the remainder of the term.

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