Min Kyung-sun Says "Goyang’s Welfare Administration Must Shift to Field, Expertise, and Rights-Oriented Approach"

Hosted by Goyang City Social Welfare Alliance
Policy Forum Invites Mayoral Candidates
Unified Call for Social Welfare and Better Treatment

At the Ilsan Hospital auditorium in Ilsandong-gu, Goyang City, on May 19, the Goyang City Social Welfare Alliance held a policy discussion forum by inviting three candidates for the Goyang City mayoral election to discuss social welfare policies and solutions to current issues.

At the Ilsan Hospital auditorium in Ilsandong-gu, Goyang City, on the 19th, the Goyang City Social Welfare Solidarity hosted a policy discussion inviting three Goyang mayoral candidates to discuss social welfare policies and solutions to current issues. Provided by candidate Min Kyung-sun.

This forum was attended by organizations affiliated with the Goyang City Social Welfare Alliance and more than 400 social welfare field workers. It served as an opportunity for the candidates to share their policy directions, focusing on topics such as improving the treatment of social workers, expanding welfare infrastructure for people with disabilities, establishing an integrated care system, and strengthening public-private cooperation.

The Social Welfare Alliance explained that since last year, they have been holding policy discussions by field and target group, compiling policy proposals, and based on this, delivered the 'three core policies' to each candidate's camp ahead of this forum.

The forum was attended by Min Kyung-sun of the Democratic Party of Korea, Song Young-joo of the Progressive Party, and Shin Hyun-chul of the Reform New Party. Lee Dong-hwan, the incumbent Goyang mayor and People Power Party candidate, was absent without a clear reason.

The participating candidates unanimously pointed out the low level of support in Goyang's social welfare sector and the limitations of welfare administration, expressing a shared understanding of the need for improvement.

In particular, the candidates expressed strong commitment to implementing the following: introducing a social welfare policy advisor system, improving the treatment of social workers, strengthening the expertise of social welfare civil servants, expanding mobility rights and welfare infrastructure for people with disabilities, and establishing a regular communication system between field workers and administration.

Min Kyung-sun stated, "There needs to be a structure where the voices from the field are directly reflected in city administration," adding, "I will establish a predictable and sustainable welfare administration through systems such as a social welfare policy advisor and regular town hall meetings."

Shin Hyun-chul emphasized, "Welfare should not be a subsidiary of administration but its core," and pledged to strengthen responsible governance by establishing a social welfare policy advisor directly under the mayor and introducing a public policy implementation system.

Song Young-joo said, "Care and welfare are the rights of citizens," promising to strengthen public-private governance that enables field experts to participate in policy-making processes and to create an environment where the dignity and professionalism of social welfare workers are respected.

In addition, the candidates agreed on the need to address mobility issues for people with disabilities and to expand facilities for them. They specifically pointed out the lack of welfare infrastructure compared to Goyang's disabled population, which exceeds 40,000, and proposed increasing the number of call taxis for people with disabilities and expanding welfare facilities in each district.

A representative of the Goyang City Social Welfare Alliance stated, "This forum was not just an election debate but a meaningful occasion to directly deliver the demands from the field to the candidates and turn them into policies," and added, "Regardless of who becomes mayor, we hope that the social welfare policies discussed today will actually be implemented in city administration."

After the discussion concluded, the three candidates signed the 'Goyang Special Mayoral Candidate Social Welfare Policy Pledge' and submitted it to the organizers.

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