Nam Gyeong-pil: "Capital Relocation is the Fundamental Solution to Gyeonggi Regulations"

Gyeonggi Province Governor Nam Gyeong-pil stated that capital relocation could be a fundamental measure to rationalize regulations on the Seoul metropolitan area.

Governor Nam presided over an "Eastern Region National Assembly Members, Mayors, and County Heads Meeting" at Pangyo Startup Campus on the 29th at 10 a.m., saying "I believe the fundamental solution to Seoul metropolitan area regulations is capital relocation."

Governor Nam continued, "Unless we devise a win-win strategy between the Seoul metropolitan area and non-metropolitan regions, rationalization of Seoul metropolitan area regulations will remain merely a slogan." He stated, "It is more realistic to establish a fundamental solution by relocating the National Assembly and the Blue House to Sejong City, thereby transforming the concept of the Seoul metropolitan area, and then rationalizing Seoul metropolitan area regulations within that context."

Attending the meeting were National Assembly Members Jeong Byeong-guk (Saenuri, Yeoju·Yangpyeong), Song Seok-jun (Saenuri, Icheon), Lim Jong-sung (The Minjoo, Gwangju B), and Kim Byeong-gwan (The Minjoo, Seongnam Bundang B), as well as Gwangju Mayor Cho Eok-dong, Icheon Mayor Cho Byeong-don, Anseong Mayor Hwang Eun-sung, Yeoju Mayor Won Gyeong-hee, and Yongin Mayor Jeong Chan-min.

It is reported that the attending members of both ruling and opposition parties expressed broad agreement with Governor Nam's vision for capital relocation aimed at rebuilding the Republic of Korea.