Jeong Chul Lee, Jeonnam Provincial Assembly Member, Announces Candidacy for Gokseong County Governor

Creating a Happy Gokseong for Residents and Citizens

[Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jong-sun] Lee Sang-cheol, a member of the Jeollanam-do Provincial Assembly from the Democratic Party of Korea and a native of Gokseong-gun, announced his candidacy for the position of Gokseong County Governor in the local elections to be held on June 1.

Lee Sang-cheol declared his candidacy for Gokseong County Governor, stating that despite the overwhelming support Gokseong residents gave to Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung in the presidential election, and the election results contrary to the will of the residents, he will humble himself beyond bewilderment and the harsh criticism and anger of the people, approaching the residents with greater humility and a low profile.

Lee stated that in his youth, he learned service and sacrifice as a leader of social organizations. After entering politics, he served as chairman of the Gokseong County Council and is currently a member of the Jeollanam-do Provincial Assembly. He has devoted all his passion solely to the development of the county and the happiness of its residents, traveling throughout the region, listening closely to the voices of the residents, communicating with humility, and sharing their difficulties and pains.

He added that Gokseong County is included among the 89 local governments at risk of population extinction. The immediate practical tasks for Gokseong are twofold on a broad scale: establishing and implementing a sustainable and definite future response strategy for the county’s survival, and constantly considering how to make the residents happy. If entrusted with the precious responsibility of managing the county through the residents’ choice, he pledged to carefully care for and improve the lives of the residents so that they can enjoy happier and healthier lives, doing his utmost.

Lee Sang-cheol said that he cannot explain all the various policies and visions he has long prepared for the happiness of the residents here, but he outlined the key points of his major core pledges.

He said he would provide a happiness allowance to all residents twice a year and open the future of Gokseong by adding good policies of previous county governors, especially those of the current Democratic Party-affiliated governor Yoo Geun-gi, rather than differentiating county administration.

He also promised to approach residents more closely, listen carefully, and explain kindly until the residents are moved, and to carry out an administration that impresses the residents until they are truly touched.

Furthermore, he presented various and detailed pledges such as segmented and customized regional development and commercial revitalization by Gokseong county zones, construction of a health center, construction of a multipurpose indoor gymnasium, sustainable development of the Gokseong County Future Education Foundation and creation of a future education ecosystem in Gokseong, thorough and warm outreach welfare without exclusion, undergrounding of power lines along the Seomjin River followed by a riverside park project, setting children as the main target of the Train Village, attracting investment and establishing an agricultural and industrial complex, future farming in Gokseong, job expansion, and support for the disadvantaged, multicultural families, and people with disabilities.

Lee said, “I will focus solely on the residents, communicate always with humility at the residents’ level, take one step closer, and devote my best efforts only for the happiness of the residents. I will put all my passion into making Gokseong a happy place for its residents.”

Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jong-sun cha6960@asiae.co.kr

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