Jongno-gu, Reassigned Council Staff Return to Work on Livelihood Issues

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District Mayor Jeong Munheon: "Idle Personnel Resulting from De Facto Legislative Paralysis Will Be Reassigned to District Office and Deployed to Urgent Livelihood Issues to Minimize Resident Inconvenience"

Jeong Munheon, Mayor of Jongno District Office

Jongno-gu (District Mayor Jeong Munheon) is making every effort to devise measures to minimize residents' inconvenience caused by the operational vacuum of the council.

Due to prolonged disruption following issues raised regarding the procedure for electing the chairperson of the district council on July 26, Jongno-gu is compelled to implement urgent measures to minimize the inconvenience experienced by residents.

As the district council's dysfunctional operation causes delays in 10 ordinances directly related to residents' daily lives, such as the ordinance on preventing illegal filming in public restrooms in Jongno-gu, Seoul, as well as welfare projects for vulnerable groups including veterans' honor allowances, and urgent 2023 second supplementary budget items like sewer and rainwater drain dredging and road infrastructure reinforcement for disaster response, essential projects for residents are being stalled, raising concerns about administrative gaps.

As a countermeasure, Jongno-gu plans not only to urge the prompt normalization of the district council but also to recall public officials dispatched to the council, reallocating idle personnel caused by the council's suspension to urgent public affairs tasks to minimize residents' inconvenience.

The dispatched officials, totaling 12 including the director of the council secretariat, will be reassigned to a task force team for accidents, disasters, and resident safety upon their return, with some staff filling vacancies in departments with urgent public affairs needs due to leaves of absence, thereby continuing district operations.

Jeong Munheon, Mayor of Jongno-gu, stated, "Within Jongno-gu's limited budget and manpower, we have dispatched public officials to the district council for mutual cooperation and enhancing residents' convenience. However, prolonged council dysfunction has resulted in idle personnel, whom we intend to reassign to urgent public affairs for residents. Minimizing administrative gaps and inconvenience caused by the council's dysfunctional operation is our priority now. Once the council is normalized, we will dispatch staff again to fully support council operations. We ask for the prompt normalization of the district council to prevent further inconvenience and damage to residents."

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