Yeom Tae-young, Mayor of Suwon, "We will create a citizen-led, tangible Special City"

On the 27th, Yeom Tae-young, Mayor of Suwon, held a New Year's briefing on municipal issues including the special city status in the city hall's medium conference room.

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yeom Tae-young, mayor of Suwon, promised to make Suwon a special city led by its citizens and one that they can truly feel.

On the 27th, at the 'Suwon Special City New Year Press Conference' held in the Suwon City Hall medium conference room, Mayor Yeom said, "Suwon is establishing and promoting the 'Suwon Special City Authority Securing Promotion Roadmap' to secure authority befitting the status of a special city," adding, "Based on three pillars of autonomy and responsibility enhancement and efficiency increase, we will secure administrative and financial authority to raise the level of administrative and welfare services."

The 'Suwon Special City Authority Securing Promotion Roadmap' prepared by Suwon includes ▲ expanding the task force team for securing authority ▲ reorganizing the organization to ensure smooth implementation of special affairs ▲ strengthening communication and solidarity among the four special city councils ▲ establishing consultation channels with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and Gyeonggi Province.

Mayor Yeom continued, "The launch of Suwon Special City is a very meaningful event that marks a milestone in the history of local autonomy in Korea, as the local administrative reorganization, which had been carried out top-down according to national policy, was reorganized bottom-up through the voluntary efforts of citizens," and added, "I am confident that Suwon Special City will play a leading role in local autonomy and decentralization and become an excellent 'testbed' for expanding local authority."

He also said, "To make the special city truly special, legislation supporting special affairs and financial authority must be promptly enacted," urging, "Please focus your capabilities to ensure that the second Local Government Transfer Act and the Local Autonomy Act amendment bills pass through the National Assembly without delay."

Furthermore, he proposed, "The protagonists of Suwon Special City are the citizens," and said, "Let us create a living history of local autonomy together so that Suwon Special City becomes a catalyst for genuine local autonomy and decentralization."

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