Lee Jae-myung Receives Top Grade for Second Consecutive Year in Manifesto Promise Implementation Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung has been selected as the local government leader best implementing election promises, according to an evaluation by the Korea Manifesto Implementation Headquarters.

According to the evaluation results for promise fulfillment and information disclosure among provincial governors of the 7th term of direct elections announced by the Korea Manifesto Implementation Headquarters on the 25th, Governor Lee received an SA grade, the highest excellence rating.

The Korea Manifesto Evaluation Committee conducted evaluations from February on 17 provincial and city leaders nationwide across five categories as of December 31, 2019: ▲promise implementation completion ▲2019 promise goal achievement ▲resident communication ▲web communication ▲promise alignment, and classified the results into five grades from SA to D.

Governor Lee Jae-myung received SA grades in promise implementation completion and resident communication categories among these, achieving an SA grade in the overall evaluation.

Along with Gyeonggi Province, four other metropolitan local governments received SA grades: Seoul, Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Chungcheong Province, and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.

Gyeonggi Province achieved a promise implementation completion rate of 51.78% compared to the total promises of the 7th term, 14.6 percentage points higher than the national average of 37.18%, earning high scores in the promise implementation completion category.

Additionally, the province scored well in resident communication by accurately disclosing promise implementation status on the Gyeonggi Province website and establishing governor promise management regulations to systematically facilitate resident participation in the promise implementation and evaluation process.

Governor Lee Jae-myung stated, "Promises are public commitments with the people who are the sovereigns, and fulfilling them is a matter of basic trust and the responsibility and duty of elected public officials," emphasizing, "Without distinguishing between major and minor promises, I will communicate with the people and faithfully implement the promises throughout the remaining term."

Meanwhile, Gyeonggi Province previously received the highest SA grade in the promise implementation plan evaluation for 365 promises across five major categories: ▲people-centered Gyeonggi Province ▲Gyeonggi Province guaranteeing basic living standards ▲Gyeonggi Province overflowing with innovative economy ▲clean environment, convenient transportation, desirable Gyeonggi Province ▲safe and pleasant Gyeonggi Province under the vision of "New Gyeonggi, Fair World" last year.