Kim Dong-yeon: "Becoming Minister Won't Change Our Lives"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Noh-hun] Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon directed criticism at Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong, saying "Becoming minister won't change our lives."

Governor Kim made this statement through SNS after learning of the complete cancellation of the Seoul-Yangpyeong Expressway project.

Governor Kim stated, "Having served from Budget Director to Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and made numerous decisions on resource allocation for SOC such as expressways, I find this utterly absurd," and added, "Changing a long-prepared policy with just one emotional word from the minister is itself a 'state of governmental chaos.'"

The following is the full text of Governor Kim Dong-yeon's SNS post.

<Look at the People, Not Just the President>

While on a business trip to Bangkok for Gyeonggi Province enterprises' overseas market development, I heard that the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport decided to completely scrap the Seoul-Yangpyeong Expressway project.

It is deeply regrettable and pathetic.

When allegations of preferential treatment toward the president's in-laws surfaced, the decision-making structure that uses the opposition as an excuse to abruptly cancel the project is deplorable.

If it is fake news, then prove it is not fake and proceed as originally planned. Why abandon it? Will the government cancel all policies in the future whenever there are allegations of fake news?

The Seoul-Yangpyeong Expressway is a long-cherished wish of residents in eastern Gyeonggi Province. It is an essential project to alleviate traffic congestion by distributing traffic from National Route 6 and the Seoul Metropolitan First Circular Route in the Yangpyeong region, which suffers severe traffic congestion.

Due to just one word from the minister who understands neither the desperation of Yangpyeong residents nor local circumstances, a project that has been ongoing for seven years faces the risk of being derailed.

Having served from Budget Director to Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and made numerous decisions on resource allocation for SOC such as expressways, I find this utterly absurd.

Changing a long-prepared policy with just one emotional word from the minister itself is a 'state of governmental chaos.'

Becoming minister won't change our lives. Please stop looking only at the president and engaging in loyalty competition. Look at the people.