"Anseong's Future Written by Residents"... Anseong City Successfully Holds Public Forum on Complete Revision of Village Community Ordinance

Anseong City Presents a Leading 'Bottom-Up Legislative Model' Nationwide
Resident-Drafted Ordinance Reaches Final Consensus with Citizens after Four Weeks of Discussion

"We want to include what our residents really need in this ordinance. We are pleased to introduce a meaningful ordinance for the benefit of both the community and all its residents."

Public Forum for Creating Resident Participation Ordinance Held. Provided by Anseong City

The Anseong City Citizen Activity Integrated Support Group (Director: Jeong Ungil, hereafter referred to as the Integrated Support Group) Village Community Support Center successfully held a 'Social Consensus Public Forum' on March 20 at the Anseong 3-dong Administrative Welfare Center. At this event, ordinance drafts proposed directly by residents were reviewed together with citizens, and the final direction was set. This forum was organized to incorporate broader citizen feedback into the draft ordinance prepared directly by residents after four intensive research sessions, which began on March 4.

Perhaps due to the news that residents themselves were creating a village ordinance, around 60 people—including ordinary citizens, administrative officials, and members of the council—attended the forum. Participants shared the key issues identified in the research sessions, divided among nine round tables, and engaged in passionate discussions as they carefully examined core provisions such as the 'purpose' and 'definitions' of the ordinance, as well as 'support for village activists,' all of which were drafted by residents themselves.

This forum was especially significant as it broke away from the conventional top-down, administration-centered legislative process, instead presenting a leading bottom-up legislative model among local governments nationwide. Residents used their on-the-ground experiences to make the ordinance articles more concrete. Through round-table presentations and a plenary discussion, they reached a final consensus on the direction for amending the ordinance.

Jeong Ungil, Director of the Integrated Support Group, stated, "The ordinance drafted by residents, filled with four weeks of study and deliberation, has become even stronger with the support of so many citizens through today's forum. We will do our utmost until the very end to ensure that this ordinance, which embodies the values we create together for our village, becomes a robust support system that brings real changes to the daily lives of Anseong citizens."

Based on the final agreement of citizens reached at the forum, the Anseong City Village Community Support Center plans to establish a legislative plan in April and formally commence the full administrative procedures for a complete revision of the ordinance, including legislative notice and review by the Ordinance and Rules Review Committee.

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