Gwangju Seo-gu Budget Committee Meeting on Next Year's Main Budget Disrupted... Chairman Adjourns and Leaves Meeting Room

Yoon Jeong-min, Chair of the Budget and Accounts Special Committee, Remarks: "Standing Committee Deliberation Was Flawed"

Expresses Regret Over Standing Committee... Yoon Demands Apology, Then Immediately Adjourns and Leaves Seat

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shin Dong-ho] The Budget and Accounts Special Committee of the Seo-gu Council in Gwangju Metropolitan City, which handles next year's budget for Seo-gu, is experiencing a breakdown.

The situation appears to be due to a power struggle among council members without any special reason, causing controversy.

According to the Seo-gu Council in Gwangju on the 16th, the 2nd Budget and Accounts Special Committee meeting was held during the 2nd regular session of the 308th Seo-gu Council.

The atmosphere was not good from the start of the meeting that morning. Regarding the 800 million KRW internationalization travel expenses budget submitted by each standing committee to the Budget and Accounts Committee, Chairperson Yoon Jeong-min pointed out in the opening remarks that the budget review by the standing committees was flawed.

In response, the chairpersons of each standing committee expressed their regrets, and the meeting was adjourned. After lunch, when the meeting resumed, Chairperson Yoon declared that if there was no apology for the regrets expressed by the standing committee chairpersons, he would not proceed with the review, and immediately announced the adjournment and left the venue.

This internationalization travel expenses budget was submitted to the Budget and Accounts Committee after review by the Social and Urban Committee and the Planning and General Affairs Committee, respectively.

Among them, the Social and Urban Committee presented three opinions during the standing committee review: full cut, 20% cut, and approval of the original proposal. Since the differences in opinions among members could not be narrowed, the original proposal was submitted as is for discussion in the Budget and Accounts Committee.

One council member expressed bitterness, saying, "During the review process, members may get emotional, but even if they fight on the spot while apologizing, abruptly declaring adjournment and leaving without time to coordinate opinions is not the proper attitude of the Budget and Accounts Committee chairperson. It is irresponsible and an abuse of the chairperson's authority."

He added, "Each standing committee has the authority to review the budget, so the chairperson's comment in the opening remarks that the review was flawed was inappropriate. Next Monday is the last day, but since the chairperson declared adjournment and left, we do not know how to proceed."

Multiple attempts to contact Chairperson Yoon for his opinion were unsuccessful.

Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shin Dong-ho yjm3070@asiae.co.kr

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