Song Guigeun, Goheung County Governor, Puts Final Effort into Next Year's Government Budget Inclusion

Request for Budget Increase of 26.6 Billion KRW for 10 Local Issue Projects

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo] Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Song Gwi-geun) announced on the 12th that it is putting its utmost effort in the final stage to secure even one more won of next year's government budget through joint response with both ruling and opposition parties, aiming to achieve the 1 trillion won budget scale era in 2022 and to build a solid foundation for Goheung's new future growth engine.

According to the county, Governor Song visited the National Assembly ahead of the Budget and Accounts Committee’s budget adjustment subcommittee schedule on the 12th to meet with ruling and opposition lawmakers and requested their interest in local pending projects and assistance in additional government budget increases.

This visit to the National Assembly was conducted as the last opportunity to secure additional national funds before next year’s government budget is finalized, aiming to maximize the acquisition of next year’s national funds by demonstrating administrative and political capabilities.

On that day, Governor Song explained the necessity of major local pending projects for next year through meetings with members of the National Assembly, including Lee Jong-bae, chairman of the National Assembly Budget and Accounts Special Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Budget Committee), and lawmakers Shin Jeong-hoon, Kwon Myung-ho, and Jeong Un-cheon from both ruling and opposition parties, and requested cooperation to maximize the budget increase during the National Assembly’s review stage.

In particular, when meeting with the chairman of the Budget Committee, Governor Song emphasized, "Securing national funds is crucial for the smooth promotion of next year’s national support pending projects," and asked for special attention and support to ensure that the national budget is reflected as much as possible.

The proposed projects for government budget increase include △ Construction of Goheung County Memorial Park (3.3 billion KRW) △ Facility improvement of Yeongnam-Palyoung section of National Road No. 77 (1 billion KRW) △ Maintenance of Haechangman 3 and Doyang disaster risk areas (2 billion KRW) △ Installation of a joint discharge facility for processed dried seaweed wastewater at Pungnam Port (2.1 billion KRW), totaling 10 projects worth 26.6 billion KRW.

Governor Song Gwi-geun said, "Securing national budget is essential to revitalize the local economy, which has been stagnant due to COVID-19, and to overcome the limitations of local finances," adding, "We will do our utmost to ensure that our county’s major pending projects are reflected in the government budget through close cooperation with the political circles until next year’s government budget is finally confirmed."

He further stated, "In the future, if it is related to regional development and the happiness of the residents, we will continuously visit the National Assembly, central government ministries, and Jeollanam-do to fully commit to securing national and provincial budgets."

Next year’s government budget will be finally confirmed at the National Assembly plenary session on the 2nd of next month.

Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Shim Jeong-woo sevenshim@asiae.co.kr

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