Geumcheon-gu Holds Residents' Assembly to Realize Autonomy in Daily Life

From July 8 to 21, Neighborhood Agenda Decisions... Realizing Geumcheon-style Resident Autonomy Centered on Residents' Lives, Creating a Forum for Village Democracy

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) will hold a 'Resident General Assembly' to decide on village agenda projects for our neighborhood's autonomous plan from July 8 to 21.

The 'Resident General Assembly' refers to a true democratic forum created to allow residents to practically make decisions themselves through a process of communicating and supplementing the autonomous plan established by the Residents' Autonomous Committee together with village residents at the dong (neighborhood) level.

Geumcheon-gu launched the 3rd Residents' Autonomous Committee last December and has been strengthening Geumcheon-style residents' autonomy activities based on the vision of 'Geumcheon-style residents' autonomy where residents are happy through expanded participation' starting this year.

Each dong Residents' Autonomous Committee has discovered autonomous plans and village agendas to be presented at the Resident General Assembly through various opinion-gathering methods suited to the characteristics of each dong, such as surveys and visiting agenda proposal submissions since early this year.

Any resident of the respective dong can participate in the Resident General Assembly, which will be held in 10 dongs starting with Siheung 2-dong on July 8. The autonomous plans established by the Residents' Autonomous Committee will be publicized and the implementation of detailed projects will be decided through resident voting.

In addition, to reflect the opinions of many residents in the agenda selection process, offline and online preliminary voting will be conducted by dong from June 20 to July 20.

'Offline preliminary voting' can be done at permanent polling stations installed in the dong community centers or mobile polling stations set up near markets or stations, and 'online preliminary voting' can be participated in through the Geumcheon-gu Office website.

Yu Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, "The Resident General Assembly marks the fifth year of the village democracy forum," and added, "I hope many residents participate so that true democracy created by the residents themselves matures further."

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