Park Jeong-yeol, Chairman of Gyeongnam Provincial Council, Announces Candidacy for Sacheon Mayor... "Will Work for Sacheon's Brilliant Leap Forward"

Chairman Park Jeong-yeol of the Gyeongnam Provincial Council will run for the position of Mayor of Sacheon in the June local elections.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Park Jeong-yeol, chairman of the Gyeongnam Provincial Council, resigned from his councilor position to run for mayor of Sacheon.

Chairman Park declared his candidacy for mayor of Sacheon in the June local elections and resigned from his councilor position after a personal statement at the 2nd plenary session of the 392nd extraordinary meeting of the Gyeongnam Provincial Council held on the 17th.

According to Article 89 of the Local Autonomy Act, the resignation of a local council member during a session must be approved by a plenary session resolution.

With the resignation approved, Chairman Park plans to register as a preliminary candidate for mayor of Sacheon and begin full-scale election campaigning.

In his personal statement, Park said, “No matter how much Incheon shakes things with political power logic, we must definitely protect the MRO project designated by the state and hosted by Gyeongnam.”

He mentioned compensation for damages caused by the Namgang Dam discharge and the upgrade of Sacheon Airport to an international airport, expressing his ambition to run for mayor.

Chairman Park said, “I will become a reliable worker for Sacheon, the eternal sanctuary where I was born and spent my youth, to achieve a brilliant leap forward,” and added, “I will work hard to create a new Sacheon where citizens are happy.”

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