Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun: "Public Officials Must Maintain Political Neutrality"

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-seong] Suwon Mayor Lee Jae-jun urged, "All public officials must absolutely maintain their duty of political neutrality."

Mayor Lee presided over an April Extended Executive Meeting held on the 25th in the City Hall Conference Room, stating, "Political neutrality of public officials is essential for transparent and clean elections," and repeatedly emphasized, "I hope you will comply with the duty of political neutrality."

The four major duties related to public officials' political neutrality are: △Prohibition of expressing support or opposition to specific candidates or political parties △Prohibition of sharing SNS posts, comments, or clicking 'likes' △Prohibition of making election-related remarks or exercising influence using one's position △Prohibition of election-related activities using public resources or organizations.

The Public Official Election Act, State Public Officials Act, Local Public Officials Act, and other laws strictly stipulate the duty of political neutrality of public officials to prevent them from using the influence and authority granted to their positions to become involved in elections. Public officials must not exercise undue influence on elections or take actions that affect election results.

The city has sent multiple official notices requesting compliance with election neutrality duties from all public officials since December of last year, which was six months before the 9th Nationwide Local Elections (June 3rd).