Rep. Shin Jang-yong "Will Tackle Regional Issues Through Policy Audit"

Democratic Party Rep. Shin Jang-yong (Member of the Land, Transport & Infrastructure Committee and Budget & Accounts Committee) expressed his determination ahead of the Park Geun-hye administration's first state audit beginning today (14th), stating, "First, I will thoroughly review regional issues, and I will focus on checking the livelihoods of ordinary citizens and the middle class that the ruling government has abandoned and left adrift."

Beginning with the state audit of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to be held over two days at the Sejong Government Complex starting today (14th), Rep. Shin Jang-yong plans to conduct audits on a total of 17 agencies including Korea Airports Corporation, Seoul Metropolitan City, Korea Expressway Corporation, Gyeonggi Province, Korea Water Resources Corporation, Korea Railroad Corporation, Korea Railroad Facilities Corporation, Korea Appraisal Board, Korea Housing Guarantee, Korea Cadastral Survey Corporation, LH (Korea Land & Housing Corporation), and Incheon Metropolitan City. He added, "I plan to carefully examine and scrutinize the restoration of 'livelihood politics' that has gone missing since the Park Geun-hye administration's launch."

The Land, Transport & Infrastructure Committee, to which Rep. Shin Jang-yong belongs, faces numerous pressing regional issues including "Gyeonggi Province GTX Project," "Shinbundang Line Gwanggyo-Homaesil Double-Track Railway Construction Project," "Suwon Station Transfer Center Construction," "Early Completion of Suin Line Underground Conversion," "Shin-Suwon Line Double-Track Railway Project," and "Sungkyunkwan University Station Redevelopment Project," as well as major state policy issues such as "Four Major Rivers Project," "Housing policies that are producing house-poor and rent-poor populations," "Railroad privatization," and "Public enterprise debt." Rep. Shin is signaling another pointed audit following last year's performance.

Rep. Shin Jang-yong stated, "In this state audit, I will prioritize checking both regional and national policy issues without bias toward either side, and thoroughly address the livelihoods that the Park Geun-hye administration has abandoned, demonstrating myself as a capable public servant for the region to the people."

Meanwhile, Rep. Shin has been on standby duty at the National Assembly since September 24th for the 20th consecutive day as part of the "Democratic Party 24-Hour Emergency National Assembly," staying and working at the Members' Hall while preparing for the state audit.