Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon Participates in "Local Autonomy Awaits" Message Challenge

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Pyeongtaek Mayor Jung Jang-seon participated in the "Local Autonomy Awaits" message challenge at his office on the 13th, stating, "Pyeongtaek City will actively participate in local decentralization that creates a prosperous life for citizens."

The "Local Autonomy Awaits" challenge is a participatory campaign launched by the Presidential Committee on Decentralization and Local Autonomy to share resolution and plans for citizen-centered local autonomy at the advent of the "Local Autonomy 2.0 era" following the National Assembly's passage of the comprehensive revision of the Local Autonomy Act and the Autonomous Police Act on December 9 of last year.

The challenge takes the form of taking a photo containing a message about the Local Autonomy 2.0 era, posting it on the affiliated institution's or individual's SNS, and nominating the next three relay participants.

Mayor Jung participated in this relay after being nominated by Park Woo-ryang, county governor of Sinan County, a sister city, and named Lee Sang-cheon, Mayor of Jecheon, Hong In-sung, District Chief of Jung-gu, Incheon, and Hong Soon-heon, District Chief of Haeundae-gu, Busan, as the next challenge participants.

Mayor Jung stated, "True local autonomy can be realized through the power of citizens, so I will lead the way in realizing substantive local decentralization through the expansion of direct democracy where citizens actively participate in the policymaking process and the expanded implementation of eup-myeon-dong neighborhood councils."

He continued, "This year, Pyeongtaek will achieve the status of a city of 500,000 population as the 16th nationwide and 10th in Gyeonggi Province under the Local Autonomy Act. We will do our utmost to secure administrative and financial authority befitting a metropolis and create a prosperous life for citizens."