Gimhae Citizen Jury to Directly Evaluate Promises of the 8th Elected Administration

Review of 148 Items in 6 Major Areas, Recommendations Presented

The appointment ceremony for citizen jurors evaluating the fulfillment of campaign promises during the 8th term of local government in Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam, and the first meeting were held.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Gimhae City in Gyeongnam Province is introducing a citizen jury system to evaluate pledges from the citizens' perspective.

The citizen jury system for pledge evaluation is a system where citizens directly participate in the entire process of establishing, implementing, and evaluating pledge action plans and provide their opinions.

On the 18th, the city announced that it selected 30 members considering gender, age, and residential area through an automated telephone response system (ARS) and telephone interviews, commissioned to the Korea Manifesto Practice Headquarters, a specialized organization for pledge evaluation, to recruit citizen jurors.

The citizen jury will begin full-scale activities starting with the appointment ceremony and the first meeting for the evaluation of the 8th term of the direct election pledge implementation on the same day.

Two more meetings will be held on November 1 and 15 to prepare recommendations containing evaluations of the 8th term pledge action plans and opinions on matters requiring adjustment, which will be delivered to the city.

The city plans to review whether to accept the recommendations of the citizen jury regarding 148 items in six major areas of the 8th term pledges and disclose the detailed action plans along with the recommendations on the city website around December.

Mayor Hong Taeyong said, "Since pledges are promises to citizens, it is most important for citizens to directly participate in the pledge implementation process," adding, "We will do our best to actively accept the opinions of the jurors so that the pledges can be solidly promoted from the citizens' perspective."

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