Kim Hyun-gi, President of the Korea Council of Provincial and Metropolitan Council Chairpersons, Attends Presidential Luncheon Meeting with Provincial and Metropolitan Council Chairpersons

Will Fully Perform Local Council Roles to Realize National Goal of 'Local Era'... Proposals Delivered Including Enactment of Local Council Basic Act and Realistic Council Activity Expenses

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Kim Hyun-ki, Chairman of the Council of Chairpersons of Provincial and Metropolitan Councils of the Republic of Korea (Chairman of the Seoul Metropolitan Council), attended the luncheon meeting with the chairpersons of provincial and metropolitan councils invited by President Yoon Seok-yeol on the 22nd.

The luncheon meeting was organized to hold a meet-and-greet with the chairpersons of provincial and metropolitan councils nationwide and to discuss major issues of local councils. Fifteen executives of the Council of Chairpersons of Provincial and Metropolitan Councils of the Republic of Korea, Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min, Senior Secretary for Political Affairs Lee Jin-bok, and Secretary for Local Administration Seo Seung-woo attended.

Chairman Kim Hyun-ki stated, "This year, local autonomy is facing a significant turning point with the full enforcement of the Local Autonomy Act, which has been completely revised for the first time in 32 years, and the government's national goal of 'an era of local regions where it is good to live anywhere in the Republic of Korea.' The local councils will fully perform their given roles to ensure the government's goal of realizing the local era and decentralization is achieved."

Chairman Kim added, "For this, the enactment of the Local Council Basic Act, which clearly specifies the authority and overall activities of local councils like the National Assembly Act, is urgently needed," and conveyed the major policy proposals of the chairpersons of provincial and metropolitan councils to the President.

The major policy proposals include ▲realization of local council members' legislative activity expenses ▲guaranteeing local council participation in the Local Era Committee ▲enactment of the Local Council Basic Act ▲strengthening the effectiveness of the policy support officer system ▲expansion of autonomous legislative authority.

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