Oh Se-hoon: "City Council Politicizes Budget Cuts for 'Jicheon Renaissance'"

Mayor Oh Criticizes City Council for Cutting Budget of 'Oh Se-hoon Style Projects' via SNS

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon continued his pointed criticism of the city council's budget cuts through a post on social networking service (SNS).

On the 10th, Mayor Oh posted on SNS under the title "Sorry Budget Series 2 - Jicheon Renaissance," stating, "Democratic Party city council members distorted the purpose of the project and labeled it as an Oh Se-hoon project for political reasons," adding, "It is regrettable that my concerns and efforts for the citizens are buried in political games and not properly evaluated."

Earlier, the city council cut 6 billion KRW out of the 7.5 billion KRW budget submitted by the city for the "Jicheon Renaissance" project. The "Jicheon Renaissance" is a project aimed at revitalizing and transforming over 70 small streams throughout Seoul. He specifically mentioned, "The pilot projects underway at Jeongneungcheon, Hongjecheon, and Dorimcheon were supposed to complete their basic plans by February, but the entire 4.4 billion KRW budget was cut, preventing any progress such as design orders."

Mayor Oh also criticized the budget cuts related to the "Sangsaeng Housing" project. Targeting Chairman Kim In-ho and the Democratic Party, he claimed that despite visiting the city council last November to resubmit the investment approval proposal for Sangsaeng Housing and holding a briefing on the issue, the investment was rejected without any discussion. On the 7th, through an SNS post, Mayor Oh strongly criticized, saying, "If you empathize with the pain of monthly rent refugees, such a decision could never have been made."

On the same day, Mayor Oh pointed out, "It is absurd to shift responsibility by blocking the investment approval proposal at the standing committee level and then not making any effort to restore the budget afterward."

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