Hanam City Holds Citizen Jury Meeting to Monitor Implementation of 122 Campaign Pledges from Term 8

[Suwon Ilbo=Um In-yong Reporter] Hanam City announced on the 30th that it had successfully completed all three sessions of the "Hanam City Citizen Jury System," which allows residents to directly monitor and evaluate the progress of Term 8 campaign pledges.

The citizen jury system is designed to enhance transparency and credibility in pledge implementation by enabling citizens to directly monitor pledge fulfillment and participate in the evaluation process. The city randomly selected 35 residents aged 18 and above living in the jurisdiction, taking into consideration gender, age, and region.

The meetings were held three times on the 1st, 15th, and 29th, with the Korea Manifesto Practice Center, a pledge evaluation specialist organization, operating the proceedings.

At the first meeting held on the 1st, a commissioning ceremony for citizen jurors was held alongside educational sessions on the Manifesto movement and understanding of the citizen jury system. After forming working groups, jurors selected evaluation projects through group discussions.

At the second meeting held on the 15th, civil servants in charge of each pledge directly explained project implementation progress and engaged in question-and-answer sessions with jurors to monitor progress from the citizens' perspective.

At the third meeting on the 29th, deliberation and final evaluation were conducted on a total of 20 major pledge projects, including ▲promotion of the Meeting Square Transit Center and connection with Line 3 and the original downtown ▲seamless implementation of the Dongnam-ro connecting road ▲establishment of the tentatively named Gamil Comprehensive Welfare Town ▲redevelopment of Manwol Stream to establish Misa Lake Park as a landmark.

The final recommendations prepared by the jury will be reviewed by relevant departments and incorporated into future pledge project implementation. The city plans to transparently disclose the citizen jury operation results and pledge implementation progress through its official website.

Mayor Lee Hyun-jae stated, "Since my time as a National Assembly member, these pledges are particularly meaningful as they were crafted by visiting all areas of Hanam City and gathering the wishes of residents, and it is significant that citizens directly evaluate their implementation process," adding "Based on the objective opinions of the citizen jury, I will uphold our promises to citizens to the very end."