Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun: "Building 'Good Democracy' Through Citizen Participation and Collaboration"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun promised that "the 8th civilian-elected Suwon Special City will build 'good democracy' based on citizen participation and collaboration."

On October 13th, Mayor Lee stated at the "October Meeting" held in the City Hall Grand Hall, "I have been saying habitually that the core of city administration will be 'collaboration and participation,' and emphasizing that 'we will build the city by the hands of citizens,'" and added, "I will definitely fulfill what I promised to the citizens."

He continued, "We will create a mobile-based direct democracy platform called 'Anyone Can Be Mayor' to listen to citizens' voices, and for major issues, we will conduct voting to reflect citizen opinions. Additionally, we will operate a 'Field Mayor's Office,' and for contentious matters, we will operate a 'Public Deliberation Committee' to seek solutions."

Mayor Lee Jae-jun stated, "On October 5th, we proclaimed the 8th civilian-elected Suwon Special City vision 'Renewing Suwon, Brightening Citizens,' and announced three major goals (a robust economic special city, a clean living special city, a warm caring special city) and ten major strategies," adding, "I will enhance citizens' quality of life by implementing what was announced."

He also said, "There is a phrase in the Analects called 'Yitingdeixin' (listening attentively to understand the heart), which means that when you listen carefully to what others say, you can win their hearts," and concluded, "I will always lend an ear to the voices of citizens and operate city administration accordingly."