Mayor Yeom Tae-young of Suwon Receives SA Grade in Pledge Fulfillment Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Mayor Yeom Tae-young of Suwon has been evaluated as faithfully fulfilling his promises to citizens, having secured the highest grade in pledge fulfillment assessment.

The Korean Manifesto Practice Movement Headquarters announced the results of the "7th Popularly Elected Term National Basic Local Government Leaders' Pledge Fulfillment and Information Disclosure Evaluation" on the 26th.

Mayor Yeom Tae-young received an SA grade, the highest ranking.

This evaluation, conducted on 226 basic local governments nationwide, assessed pledge fulfillment, goal achievement, citizen communication, web communication, and pledge alignment based on data publicly disclosed on homepages as of December 31 last year, granting an SA grade to those with a total score of 65 points or above.

Mayor Yeom promised citizens at the outset of the 7th popularly elected term to pursue a total of 100 major projects, including 77 promise projects and 23 hope projects.

According to the evaluation criteria of the Korean Manifesto Practice Movement Headquarters, of the total 77 pledges, 5 projects have been completed and 48 projects are being continuously implemented after completion, for a total of 53 projects that qualify as "pledge fulfillment."

Additionally, there are 19 "normally progressing" projects that meet annual targets and are expected to be completed by the end of the term.

In other words, a total of 72 projects have been completed or are proceeding normally.

Suwon City's 7th popularly elected term pledge initiatives are receiving positive evaluations from citizens.

Previously in January, the Suwon City Good Administration Committee reviewed Suwon City's pledge project progress as of the end of last year, evaluating that 19 of the 100 promise and hope projects are being pursued as very excellent, and 45 projects as excellent.

In addition, in the evaluation by a randomly selected 132-member citizen pledge assessment panel through open recruitment at the beginning of this year, of the 72 promise projects, 1 was rated very excellent, 40.5 excellent, and 30.5 fair.

Mayor Yeom Tae-young said, "To repay the citizens who entrusted us with their votes, I will manage the 7th popularly elected term pledges to proceed without disruption and make every effort to ensure they are faithfully implemented until the end."