Oh Se-hoon Criticizes Jeong Won-ho: "Complaint-Driven Administration Without Vision... How Can You Make Seoul a G2 City?"

"Only addressing immediate complaints? The city cannot advance"

"Even if it means enduring criticism, we must pave the way ahead of others"

On cultural tourism plans..."All that was done was painting murals"

On April 15, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon criticized Jung Won-oh, the Democratic Party candidate for Seoul mayor, stating, "How do you expect to make Seoul a G2 city if the administration is fixated only on immediate demands?"

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon

Through his social media account that day, Mayor Oh said, "If we only chase what citizens demand today, we will miss out on the essential changes needed for tomorrow," and emphasized, "Even if it means facing criticism, we need a 'pioneering leadership' that opens up new paths ahead of time."

Candidate Jung has highlighted the administrative expertise he built over 12 years as mayor of Seongdong District, repeatedly stressing, "I will do what the citizens want, not what the mayor wants." He also pledged to spend taxpayers' money on improving citizens' lives to create "a Seoul where citizens are the true owners."

Jung has criticized Mayor Oh's policies, such as the Han River bus service and the Garden of Gratitude, as wasteful spending of taxpayers' money, using terms like "showy publicity" and "display of incompetence in administration."

In response, Mayor Oh countered that "At first, new initiatives may seem unfamiliar and face opposition, but over time they become the city's competitive edge," arguing that simply dealing with immediate complaints makes it difficult to make Seoul a global leading city.

He also raised his voice, saying, "If the administrative stance is to cling only to immediate demands, how do you expect to make Seoul a G2 city? Present concrete plans—what industries to foster, what infrastructure to build, and how to ease which regulations."

Mayor Oh reiterated, "With complaint-driven administration lacking vision, a city can never leap forward," and vowed, "Even if the path is not easy and even if it attracts criticism, I will pave the way first for Seoul's future."

Regarding the development of Seongsu-dong, now a popular destination for foreign tourists, Mayor Oh remarked, "It is shameful to claim as your own the harvest that others have painstakingly sown and cultivated." He insisted that the decisive foundation for Seongsu's transformation was Seoul City's relaxation of semi-industrial area regulations and the designation of specific development promotion districts.

He also stated that Jung's vision for culture and tourism reminded him of the "lost decade," and called for the presentation of practical pledges that would elevate Seoul's status.

He criticized, "How many years were wasted painting murals in run-down residential areas under the guise of urban regeneration, lost in empty rhetoric such as 'people-centered' and 'village community'?" He added, "The pain has come back to citizens in the form of surging housing prices due to supply shortages and outdated urban infrastructure."

Mayor Oh concluded, "I hope you will participate in the election with fair and square, impactful proposals that are truly convincing to citizens, feasible in practice, and capable of elevating Seoul's status."

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