Hwaseong City Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Realize 'Citizen-Centered Local Autonomy'

Hwaseong City held the 'Hwaseong Conference on Local Decentralization Constitutional Amendment Launch Ceremony' on the 28th at the City Hall Grand Auditorium and called for the realization of federalism-level autonomous decentralization.

The launch ceremony was attended by Hwaseong Mayor Chae In-seok and representatives from the Hwaseong Conference on Local Decentralization, along with approximately 200 citizens. The event featured the reading of a resolution and a performance calling for constitutional amendment.

Mayor Chae, who serves as the standing representative of the Hwaseong Conference on Local Decentralization Constitutional Amendment, emphasized through the resolution that "local decentralization constitutional amendment is an inevitable task of the times," and stressed that "the competitiveness of local self-governance, which is closely related to residents' lives, is the nation's competitiveness."

Mayor Chae further urged the government, stating "the four major autonomous authorities of local government—autonomous legislative authority, autonomous administrative authority, autonomous financial authority, and autonomous welfare authority—must be specified in the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, and federalism-level autonomous decentralization must be realized."

The Hwaseong Conference on Local Decentralization Constitutional Amendment is composed of members of the Hwaseong City Regional Development Deliberation Council and regional representatives recommended from eup, myeon, and dong offices. Going forward, the conference plans to conduct forums, rally resolutions, and engage in parliamentary activities with the government to form national consensus and strengthen citizen participation.