The 11th Gyeongnam Provincial Council Official Session Concludes... Chairman Kim Ha-yong and Others Say "A Time to Lay the Foundation for Autonomy and Decentralization"

The closing ceremony of the 11th Gyeongnam Provincial Council was held on the 21st.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] On the 21st, the Gyeongnam Provincial Council closed the 11th Provincial Council and officially concluded its session.

Chairman Kim Hayong and the expanded chairmanship held a commemorative plaque unveiling ceremony inscribed with the names of the 11th Provincial Council members, and then announced the legislative achievements in the council briefing room.

The chairmanship self-assessed, “Through organizational strengthening, independence of personnel authority, reinforcement of legislative, budget analysis, and research activities, operation of policy support officers, and permanent operation of the special budget settlement committee, we laid the foundation for realizing local autonomy by enhancing legislative capacity and expertise.”

They said, “The number of administrative audits, the number of pointed issues, the frequency of provincial government questions and 5-minute free speeches, and the number of ordinance proposals by members have sharply increased compared to before,” adding, “Among the cases of ordinance enactment and revision, 73.7% were proposed by members and committees.”

They cited strengthening people-centered and field-oriented legislative activities, establishing communication systems with residents through various channels, enhancing special committee activities, and supporting full-scale COVID-19 response as major achievements.

They also added that they achieved the promotion of building expansion to realize an open government building, maintaining a high level of integrity, and winning the national local council excellence contest for two consecutive years.

As future tasks, they suggested that to strengthen a high level of local decentralization, the council must become more competent, proposing enhancement of the council’s autonomy and independence and revolutionary realization of residents’ sovereignty.

Chairman Kim and the chairmanship expressed their reflections, saying, “It was a time of effort to increase accountability to residents and strengthen the status of the local council through active legislative activities.”

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