Governor Kim Youngrok Pushes Hard to Secure Key Special Provisions in Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special Act

Full-scale bill review begins... All-out push for special provisions on fiscal and industrial powers

Kim Youngrok, governor of Jeonnam Province, on the 10th met with Shin Junghun, chair of the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee, at the National Assembly in Seoul to request cooperation for consultations on measures to incorporate essential special provisions into the Special Act on the Administrative Integration of Jeonnam and Gwangju. Provided by Jeonnam Province

Governor Kim Youngrok of Jeollanam-do is maintaining a grueling schedule with the government and the National Assembly to ensure that key special provisions are reflected in the special act to establish the integrated special city of Jeonnam and Gwangju.

Following the fifth meeting with National Assembly members on the 8th and talks with the prime minister on the 9th, Governor Kim met in turn on the 10th at the National Assembly with Shin Junghoon, chairman of the Public Administration and Security Committee, and Yoon Konyoung, chairman of the First Subcommittee on Bill Review of the Public Administration and Security Committee, to request that key special provisions of the administrative integration special act be incorporated.

During the meeting, timed to coincide with the point at which the special act entered the full-fledged bill review process in the National Assembly, he explained to the relevant standing committee directly responsible for deliberating the bill the need to establish an institutional foundation for the integrated special city.

Governor Kim stressed that, for the integrated special city to function in a substantive manner, the related special provisions must not remain at a declaratory level but must be concretely reflected at the legislative stage.

He also explained that, for the integrated special city to take root in a stable way, a medium- to long-term and permanent fiscal support system is needed that is not confined to initial support, and that the devolution of key powers in the energy industry and advanced industries to local governments must be ensured to underpin the creation of a foundation for future regional industries.

In response, the two chairmen expressed their agreement with the purpose of administrative integration and the local situation, and stated that they would closely examine the relevant matters during the review process of the special act.

Jeollanam-do has formed a dedicated task force on the administrative integration special act, headed by the vice governor for economic affairs, and plans to stay at the National Assembly throughout the Public Administration and Security Committee’s review period to make every effort to secure the inclusion of the key special provisions.

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