Gyeongnam Media Forum Holds Policy Debate... Local Autonomy and Policy Elections Must Take Root

The Gyeongnam Press Forum held a policy debate on the 28th with the theme of local autonomy and policy elections.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] A policy debate hosted by the Gyeongnam Media Forum was held on the afternoon of the 28th at the Changwon Traffic Broadcasting large conference room in Gyeongnam.

The policy debate, held ahead of the nationwide simultaneous local elections in June, focused on local autonomy and policy elections.

On this day, Professor Kim Jeong-gi of the Department of Public Administration at Changwon National University gave a keynote presentation titled "Policy Election Directions for the Development of Local Autonomy."

Professor Kim pointed out the low voter interest and turnout in local elections and suggested directions to increase residents' interest in local politics through policy elections.

Using the U.S. election policies as an example, he emphasized the need to introduce a reformative primary election system to eliminate issues such as regionalism and to root policy elections in a democratic election culture.

After the keynote presentation, a panel discussion was held with former Gyeongnam Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Park Dong-cheol, former KBS Changwon News Bureau Chief Jeong In-cheol, and Kang Jong-gap, CEO of Gyeongnam Today.

The Gyeongnam Media Forum was founded in 2013 with the purpose of developing regional media, improving journalists' qualifications and protecting their rights, and facilitating exchanges between current and former journalists.

It holds policy debates and seminars annually, including co-hosting policy debates with the Gyeongnam Provincial Election Commission.

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