Listening to Residents' Voices and Responses! ... Yangsan City Holds the 1st Petition Review Committee Meeting

The 1st Petition Review Committee of Yangsan City is currently in progress.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Duyul] Yangsan City held the ‘Petition Deliberation Committee’ for the first time on the morning of the 18th at the city hall’s small conference room, following the revision of the ‘Petition Act’ in December last year.

The ‘Petition Deliberation Committee’ is a mandatory committee established according to the revised ‘Petition Act.’

Citizens can submit petitions to the committee regarding relief from damages, demands for correction or disciplinary action against illegal or unfair acts by public officials, the enactment, revision, or abolition of ordinances, and matters within the authority of the petitioning institution.

The ‘Yangsan City Petition Deliberation Committee’ consists of five appointed members and two ex officio members, including the Communication Officer and the Audit Officer. Among these, the appointed members are civilian members selected through an open recruitment process to reflect diverse citizen opinions.

At this meeting, petitions received in September, the first in Gyeongnam Province, were deliberated.

Received petitions are distributed by the Communication Officer, the responsible department, to the processing department, which investigates matters related to its area of responsibility.

After the investigation, the processing department reflects the deliberation and resolution of the committee and directly informs the petitioner of the results.

The revised ‘Petition Act’ from last year not only mandates the deliberation by the Petition Deliberation Committee but also introduces online petitions and public petitions, making it much easier for citizens to exercise their petition rights.

The city plans to activate online petitions through the online petition system ‘Petition 24,’ scheduled to be established and operated on December 23.

Additionally, if the petitioner wishes to make the petition public, the Petition Deliberation Committee will handle matters related to public petitions, which disclose petition contents after committee review.

Shin Hong-su, Communication Officer, stated, “The petition system is one of the systems that concretizes resident sovereignty by listening to the voices and responses of residents and respecting their opinions. It is expected to play a supplementary role in areas not resolved by existing relief procedures such as civil complaints and lawsuits.”

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