Gyeongbuk Provincial Council Begins 9-Day Extraordinary Session... Reviews 22 Agenda Items

The Gyeongbuk Provincial Council (Chairman Bae Han-cheol) will hold a temporary session for nine days from the 25th to February 2nd. During this session, starting with a 5-minute free speech on current issues, the council plans to handle business reports on the 2024 provincial administration and educational administration, as well as various livelihood-related ordinances.

At the 1st plenary session held on the 25th, the Governor of Gyeongbuk Province and the Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Education will present business reports on the 2024 provincial administration and educational administration. Assemblyman Shin Hyo-kwang (People Power Party, Cheongsong) will urge the government to halt the import of apples through a 5-minute free speech and call for improvements in agricultural policy directions, including support measures for fruit farmers.

Gyeongbuk Provincial Council Plenary Session.

The bills submitted during this session total 22, including 21 livelihood-related ordinances and one consent bill for the private consignment operation of the Gyeongbuk Arts Center, a regional cultural and artistic space, to ensure its efficient management.

The submitted bills will undergo review by the relevant standing committees and are scheduled to be approved at the plenary session on February 2nd.

The Gyeongbuk Provincial Council plans to conduct a personnel hearing for the Director of Gimcheon Medical Center, whose term ends on March 1st, through the relevant standing committee, adopt the hearing result report, and then report it to the plenary session.

Chairman Bae Han-cheol of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council congratulated and thanked fellow council members and public officials in his opening remarks, stating, “In the 2023 local council integrity evaluation conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council was the only metropolitan council to achieve a first-grade rating.”

Chairman Bae proposed that the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council, Gyeongbuk Province, and Gyeongbuk Office of Education cooperate as partners to swiftly advance key projects in provincial administration and educational administration.

Chairman Bae Han-cheol of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council

Chairman Bae especially stated, “We will focus all our capabilities on legislative policy activities for the recovery of people’s livelihoods and do our best to realize a livelihood-oriented council. The provincial council will actively cooperate with ‘Gyeongbuk-type projects’ such as overcoming ultra-low birth rates and the K-U City project, which Gyeongbuk Province is determinedly promoting, to contribute to the welfare improvement of the residents.”

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