Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun Praised for Local Election Promises... Manifesto Pledge Award

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Lee Jae-jun, mayor of Suwon, received the grand prize in the election publicity category.

Suwon City announced on the 2nd that Mayor Lee Jae-jun was selected as the grand prize winner in the election publicity category of the '2022 Manifesto Promise Awards' in the local election division.

The Manifesto Promise Awards are presented by the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters, which analyzed and announced the 8th local elections held last June to discover and spread excellent cases of local election manifestos.

In this evaluation, Mayor Lee received high praise for proposing pledges such as the Economic Special City, Living Special City, and Care Special City based on participation, cooperation, and communication with the field to create a better life for citizens and realize better democracy. In particular, the fact that citizen participation was guaranteed throughout the entire process from the birth to the implementation of the pledges, concretizing the realization of citizens' decision-making rights, stood out.

Furthermore, before taking office, he promoted a citizen pledge contest, receiving about 740 submissions, and actively discovered pledges by holding on-site meetings with local civic groups as well as operating the 'Open Transition Committee ON' webpage.

He also operated the Suwon Special City Mayor Transition Committee, policy advisory group, and New Suwon Planning Group, which included external experts in the pledge verification and policy-making process.

Mayor Lee emphasized, "I will take the precious promises made with citizens as a guideline for city administration and work together with citizens to create a 'Heart-pounding Suwon Special City' where Suwon Special City residents can enjoy a better life."

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