Suwon City Ruling and Opposition Parties Issue Joint Declaration on 'Citizen-Felt Urgent Projects'

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Jung Jun-sung] The ruling and opposition parties in Suwon Special Metropolitan City issued a joint declaration stating, "We will implement citizen-felt urgent projects for economic stabilization."

Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun, Suwon City Council Chair Lee Jae-shik, Vice Chair Kim Jeong-ryeol, Democratic Party negotiation group representative Kim Dong-eun, and People Power Party negotiation group representative Park Hyun-su made the joint declaration at the city government situation room on the 10th and pledged cooperation.

The citizen-felt urgent projects that the ruling and opposition parties of Suwon City are jointly pursuing are △expanded childbirth support allowance △adolescent feminine hygiene product support △free public transportation △free shingles vaccination and other projects that provide practical benefits to citizens.

Ordinance Resolution in October, Budget Compilation in November, Implementation Planned for Next Year

The plan is to pass ordinance bills at the October extraordinary session, compile budgets at the November regular session, and implement the projects next year.

'Free public transportation' is a project that supports transportation costs so that seniors aged 70 and above can use public transportation for free, and 'adolescent feminine hygiene product support' provides feminine hygiene products to female adolescents aged 11-18.

'Expanded childbirth support allowance' will establish a new childbirth support allowance of 500,000 won for the first child and increase the second child childbirth support allowance from the existing 500,000 won to 1 million won. 'Free shingles vaccination' is a project to provide free shingles vaccination to citizens aged 65 and above.

Project Implementation Budget Secured Through New Tax Revenue Discovery and Fiscal Austerity

Citizen-felt urgent projects were carefully designed so that benefits would reach all segments of society, from childbearing families to children, adolescents, and seniors. The budget required for project implementation is estimated at approximately 27.5 billion won annually.

The city will secure funding for citizen-felt urgent projects by discovering new tax sources through business attraction in the eighth term of the private sector and implementing fiscal austerity.

Mayor Lee Jae-jun: "Projects That Align With Basic Society and Improve Quality of Citizens' Lives"

Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun stated, "We have discovered projects that align with the 'Basic Society' pursued by the Lee Jae-myung administration and can improve the quality of citizens' lives," and explained, "We have designed the projects so that benefits will be distributed fairly to many citizens."

He continued, "Through ruling and opposition agreement and cooperative governance, we will get closer to citizens," and revealed, "Going forward, we will continue to consult closely with city council members and discover good projects that can enhance the quality of citizens' lives."

Suwon City Council Chair Lee Jae-shik stated, "So that today's joint declaration can bring about changes in citizens' lives, we will take responsibility with Suwon City to the end," and added, "We will work closely with Suwon City to create policies that strengthen citizens."

Vice Chair Kim Jeong-ryeol said, "I am glad that projects helpful to citizens are proceeding in difficult times," and promised, "The council will actively support these efforts."

Ruling and Opposition Representatives: "We Will Continue to Discover Policies That Help Citizens"

Democratic Party negotiation group representative Kim Dong-eun stated, "I hope that this joint declaration will lead to the discovery of many good policies that help people's livelihoods," and said, "We will continue to actively practice cooperative governance going forward."

People Power Party negotiation group representative Park Hyun-su said, "It is encouraging that the executive branch and ruling and opposition parties jointly made this declaration with one voice," and revealed, "We will discover and propose policies that benefit citizens and Suwon's future across various sectors."