Governor Lee Jae-myung Ranks 1st in Manifesto Implementation Evaluation at 81.37%

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Noh-hoon] Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung has been selected for three consecutive years as the local government leader best fulfilling his campaign pledges, according to an evaluation by the Korean Manifesto Implementation Center. In particular, Governor Lee recorded the highest promise fulfillment completion rate of 81.37% among the 15 metropolitan cities and provinces.

According to the results of the 7th popularly elected officials' promise fulfillment and information disclosure evaluation for all city and provincial governors released by the Korean Manifesto Implementation Center on the 25th, Governor Lee received the Excellent grade, SA grade.

Governor Lee previously received the Excellent (SA) grade in the 2019 promise implementation plan evaluation and the 2020 promise fulfillment evaluation, achieving the highest grade for three consecutive years in the Manifesto evaluation.

The Korean Manifesto Evaluation Panel assessed 15 city and provincial leaders nationwide (excluding Seoul and Busan) from February onwards in five areas as of December 31, 2020: ▲promise fulfillment completion ▲2020 promise goal achievement rate ▲resident communication ▲web communication ▲promise consistency, and classified the evaluation results into 5 grades from SA to D.

Governor Lee Jae-myung received the Excellent SA grade in both promise fulfillment completion and resident communication categories, achieving an overall SA grade in the comprehensive evaluation. Six metropolitan local governments including Gyeonggi Province received the SA grade: Daegu Metropolitan City, Incheon Metropolitan City, Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Chungcheong Province, and South Gyeongsang Province.

Gyeonggi Province recorded the highest promise fulfillment completion rate of 81.37% compared to all promises planned in the 7th term among the 15 metropolitan cities and provinces, which is 19.41 percentage points higher than the national average (61.96%), receiving high scores in the promise fulfillment completion category.

Additionally, after COVID-19, Gyeonggi Province actively introduced and operated electronic democracy functions such as online voting, online surveys, and online proposals for non-face-to-face communication with residents, receiving favorable evaluations in the resident communication category.

Governor Lee Jae-myung stated, "For politics to regain trust, promises made to the sovereign must be kept. Campaign pledges are public commitments to the residents as sovereigns, and fulfilling them is a matter of fundamental trust and a responsibility and duty as an elected official. I will do my best to ensure that pledges are successfully implemented during the remaining term of office with the same mindset as when I took office as governor."

Meanwhile, Gyeonggi Province is implementing 365 pledges in five major areas under the vision of 'New Gyeonggi, Fair World': ▲Gyeonggi Province where residents are the masters ▲Gyeonggi Province guaranteeing the basics of life ▲Gyeonggi Province overflowing with innovative economy ▲Clean environment, convenient transportation, desirable Gyeonggi Province ▲Safe and pleasant Gyeonggi Province.