Evaluation of Hate and Defamation Justified Banners by Songpa-gu Resident Review Panel

Completion of the 1st Formation of Political Party Banner Resident Evaluation Group... Removal After First Evaluation on November 1... Seo Gang-seok, District Mayor, “We Will Resolve Resident Inconvenience and Create a Pleasant Urban Environment”

Songpa-gu (Mayor Seo Gang-seok) removed a political party banner containing slander, hate, and insults for the first time on the 1st after evaluation by a resident evaluation group.

This is the first case in the country where a political party banner was removed based on residents' evaluation rather than an administrative agency's judgment.

The resident evaluation conducted for the first time on October 31 targeted a political party banner posted near the Garak 1-dong apartment shopping area. It was a case with many complaints for removal due to slander and insults.

According to the evaluation group's results, the banner was immediately removed on the morning of November 1.

The newly formed “Political Party Banner Resident Evaluation Group” (hereafter, Resident Evaluation Group) consists of 49 members. They were selected from 69 applicants in the first recruitment at the end of October, based on their understanding of political party banners, willingness to participate, fairness, and responsibility. Additional recruitment will be held in November to allow a total of 81 members, with three members per neighborhood, to participate.

Participants in the evaluation are randomly selected, one-third from each neighborhood among all members. They respond by reviewing photos of political party banners attached online, indicating ▲whether the content involves hate, slander, or insults ▲and the reasons for their judgment.

If two-thirds or more of the participating members judge that the banner deviates from normal political party activities, it becomes subject to removal. The evaluation results are notified to the relevant political party.

Seo Gang-seok, Mayor of Songpa-gu, stated, “By operating the political party banner resident evaluation group for the first time nationwide, we will solve the problem of the proliferation of political party banners reflecting residents' intentions, while ensuring normal political activities and protecting the safety of residents and the urban environment. We ask for the cooperation of each political party and the active interest of Songpa-gu residents.”

Meanwhile, on October 19, the district established an ordinance to eradicate political party banners containing hate, slander, and insult phrases, taking the lead in solving the problem of indiscriminate proliferation of political party banners throughout the city.

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