Four Designated Cities Including Suwon Deliver 'Proposed Amendment to Local Autonomy Act Enforcement Decree' to Ministry of Interior and Safety

[Suwon Ilbo=Staff Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Four designated cities including Suwon City have delivered a 'Proposed Amendment to Local Autonomy Act Enforcement Decree' to the Ministry of Interior and Safety.

On the 28th, officials from autonomy decentralization-related departments of four designated cities, led by Kwon Chan-ho, head of Suwon City's Planning and Coordination Office, visited the Ministry of Interior and Safety, met with Park Sung-ho, director of the Autonomy Decentralization Office, and delivered the 'Proposed Amendment to Local Autonomy Act Enforcement Decree.'

The proposal includes demands for substantive and comprehensive transfer of metropolitan affairs authority to enable the four designated cities, including Suwon City, to contribute to balanced regional development and serve as exemplary cases of autonomy decentralization.

The proposal also includes a call for amendments to the Local Autonomy Act Enforcement Decree and the enactment and revision of decentralization-related legislation, including the Local Decentralization Act and the Second Comprehensive Local Transfer Act.

Subsequently, officials from the four designated cities met with Kim Gun-ho, director of the Autonomy Decentralization System Division, submitted 421 cases identified as 'joint special affairs' by the four designated cities, and requested, "Please promptly review the identified affairs and actively reflect them in the Second Comprehensive Local Transfer Act."