Gidae-seo Councilor Points Out Administration Neglecting Privatization of Duam 2-dong Community Center

Assemblyman Ki: "Public Facilities Neglected Due to Task Shifting Must Be Restored as Community Spaces"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] On the 13th, Gidae-seo, a member of the Gwangju Buk-gu Council, pointed out the problems of ping-pong administration by mentioning the mismanagement of the Duam2-dong Community Center during a 5-minute free speech at the 2nd plenary session of the 2nd regular meeting of the 274th Buk-gu Council, the 14th reported.

The Duam2-dong Community Center was established in 2013 through a vacant house purchase and maintenance project by the Urban Regeneration Department. Since then, the responsible department has been changed three times due to organizational restructuring, work relevance, and accessibility, and it is currently operated under the responsibility of the Duam2-dong Administrative Welfare Center.

Councilor Gidae-seo said, "During the administrative audit of Duam2-dong, I visited the community center on site," and added, "There was a space where a specific individual locked the door with a padlock and used it separately, and personal belongings were placed there, causing the space to lose its original function as a place for resident communication and harmony and to degenerate into a private space for a specific person."

He stated, "This is so-called ping-pong administration, where the community center's work was passed from one department to another, and it was gradually operated poorly amid the indifference of the responsible departments," and criticized, "Simply transferring management duties to the Dong Administrative Welfare Center considering only accessibility is an unreasonable policy given the limitations of Dong administration, which is closely related to residents, and it should be transferred to the head office."

Councilor Gidae-seo urged, "A thorough inspection should be conducted to see if there are any resident community centers in Buk-gu that are not under administrative influence and are being operated contrary to their original purpose," and called for "restoring the Duam2-dong Community Center back to a space for residents through all possible legal and administrative measures."

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong bong2910@asiae.co.kr

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