Hwaseong Mayor Jung Myung-geun Appoints Five Citizens' Ombudsmen for Fifth Term

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Hwaseong Mayor Jung Myung-geun presented appointment certificates to five citizens' ombudsmen for the city's fifth term at the central conference room of City Hall on the 25th.

The newly appointed citizens' ombudsmen are △Lee Gang-seok (former vice mayor of Namyangju and Osan cities) △Yang Hye-ran (former director of Hwaseong City's Eastern Branch Office) △Kim Young-seop (former director of Hwaseong City's Environmental Service) △Hyun Byung-seon (former head of the Public Security Information Division at Hwaseong Western Police Station) △Park Kyung-ah (former Hwaseong City Council member).

The Citizens' Ombudsman system is a non-judicial citizens' rights protection system designed to fairly resolve issues arising between citizens and government agencies by receiving citizens' complaints and grievances, investigating them from a neutral standpoint, and recommending administrative measures when necessary.

Citizens wishing to receive assistance from the citizens' ombudsman can visit the Hwaseong City Citizens' Ombudsman Office (2nd floor of the main City Hall building), which operates year-round, or the branch citizens' ombudsman offices at the Eastern and Dantan Branch Offices, which operate from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. every first Monday of the month. They can also file complaints and grievances through the Hwaseong City website, mail, or fax.

Meanwhile, the fourth-term citizens' ombudsmen, whose term ended on the 30th of last month, processed 424 cases of citizen inconvenience over the past two years.

Hwaseong Mayor Jung Myung-geun said, "As we face the milestone of becoming Hwaseong Special Metropolitan City with a population of one million, I urge the citizens' ombudsmen, who have accumulated abundant experience in various fields during a time when a 'paradigm shift in consciousness' is needed, to faithfully fulfill their role in resolving citizens' complaints from the citizens' perspective and resolving conflicts."