Main Government Office for Gwangju-Jeonnam Administrative Integration to Be Jeonnam Provincial Office... Name to Be "Gwangju-Jeonnam Special City"

Gwangju City, Jeonnam Province, Superintendents, and Lawmakers Reach Provisional Agreement
Unified Superintendent to Be Elected; Final Decision to Be Made on the 27th

Jeonnam Provincial Government Office Building View

If the administrative integration of Gwangju and Jeonnam is formalized, the name will be "Gwangju-Jeonnam Special City," and the main government office will be located at the Jeonnam Provincial Government Office.

On January 25, Gwangju Mayor Kang Gijung, Jeonnam Governor Kim Youngrok, Gwangju Superintendent of Education Lee Jungseon, Jeonnam Superintendent of Education Kim Daejung, and local members of the National Assembly held a meeting at the Kim Daejung Convention Center in Gwangju and reached this provisional agreement.

Kim Woni, a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Korea, held a briefing after the meeting and said, "As a draft, the special city's name will be Gwangju-Jeonnam Special City, and the government offices will be balanced across three locations: Muan, Eastern Region, and Gwangju, with the main office at Jeonnam (Provincial Government Office). There may be issues regarding the workplace of the special city mayor. There are three balanced locations (Gwangju, Muan, Suncheon), but based on the principle of keeping Jeonnam Provincial Government Office at the beginning of the address, we decided to designate Jeonnam (Provincial Government Office) as the main office."

However, Kim noted, "Since some people did not attend the meeting, there needs to be another round of opinion gathering on the 27th. There should also be discussions and persuasion processes within both Gwangju and Jeonnam provinces."

Regarding the election of a unified superintendent of education in the upcoming local elections in June, Kim stated, "It has been decided to have one superintendent of education."

He added, "Teachers, education officials, and public servants will have their current status guaranteed by including personnel regulations in the special law. The current school district boundaries will be maintained, and the unified superintendent will have the discretion to manage this, according to the first agreement."

Meanwhile, this provisional agreement is scheduled to be finalized at a meeting in the National Assembly on January 27.

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