"Illegal Execution of Resident Participation Budget in the 7th Elected Term"... Incheon City Party of the People Power Party Files Complaints Against Officials and Civic Groups

The People Power Party's Incheon City Party has filed a complaint with the prosecution against responsible public officials and civic group representatives, alleging that the Incheon City resident participation budget was unlawfully executed during the 7th term of Mayor Park Nam-chun's administration.

On the 25th, Jeong Seung-yeon, Chairperson of the People Power Party Incheon City Party's Resident Participation Budget Special Committee, held a press conference at Incheon City Hall and stated, "We have filed a complaint with the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office against city hall officials on charges of dereliction of duty and abuse of authority." The special committee also filed complaints with the prosecution against the representative of Corporation A, which was entrusted with operating the Resident Participation Budget Support Center, and a representative of Civic Group B on charges of obstruction of business by deception and breach of trust in office.

Chairperson Jeong claimed, "Out of 930 resident participation budget projects executed by Incheon City from 2019 to last year, 152 cases violated the Local Finance Act and Incheon City ordinances. The responsible officials selected projects worth over 26 billion KRW without following necessary procedures such as holding the resident participation budget general assembly."

She added, "In 2018, Corporation A, hastily formed by Civic Group B, was the sole bidder entrusted with operating the Resident Participation Budget Support Center, gaining operational rights to projects worth hundreds of billions of KRW. Subsequently, Civic Group B was also selected as a planned participation organization by Incheon City," urging a thorough investigation.

Jeong Seung-yeon, Chair of the Special Committee on Resident Participatory Budgeting of the People Power Party Incheon City Party, held a press conference at Incheon City Hall on the 25th, claiming that the resident participatory budget during the 7th local government term was executed unlawfully.
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In response, Civic Group B stated, "Our organization has been defamed by false information alleging that we engaged in fraudulent activities and acted as a subordinate organization of a specific political party," and filed a complaint with the police last month against Chairperson Jeong and others.

Meanwhile, since the launch of the 8th term of the Incheon City administration, this year?the first year of the main budget formulation?the resident participation budget was drastically cut to 19.6 billion KRW (411 projects), about 40% of last year's 48.5 billion KRW (397 projects). The city also announced the results of the '2022 Resident Participation Budget Operation Audit' in the first half of this year and took administrative actions on a total of 17 cases, including 3 corrective actions, 11 cautions, 1 recommendation, and 2 notifications.

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