Suwon City Receives 'Promise Award' from Korean Legal Consumer Federation

Suwon City ranked first among 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi Province on the 15th in an evaluation of election promise fulfillment rates for heads of basic local governments conducted by the Korean Legal Consumer Federation's National Local Government Monitoring Group.

The Korean Legal Consumer Federation is a civic organization that has specialized in monitoring fair elections and conducting legislative oversight of the National Assembly for 23 years.

The results were derived from the federation's national local government monitoring group analyzing the fulfillment of election promises from the fifth popular election term for 221 local government heads nationwide.

Based on five election promises submitted to the Central Election Management Committee, a comprehensive analysis of local government websites, materials released by heads of government, and press reports showed that the average promise fulfillment rate among 31 basic local government heads in Gyeonggi Province was 65.77%, while Mayor Yeom Tae-young of Suwon City demonstrated the highest fulfillment rate in Gyeonggi Province at 81.94%.

In particular, with the national average promise fulfillment rate for basic local government heads in the fifth popular election term at 66.56%, Mayor Yeom Tae-young of Suwon City ranked 4th among 221 basic local government heads nationwide, 15 percentage points ahead of the national average.

In detail, Suwon City received high evaluations for △introducing a resident participation-oriented redevelopment project system △creating a Suwon-style youth venture town by purchasing and leasing vacant buildings in old downtown areas △revitalizing traditional markets linked with tourism and culture in the vicinity of Paldalmun Gate △enacting ordinances for protection of small business owners △promoting citizen park projects at Seoul National University of Agriculture and Life Sciences and others.

In relation to this, Mayor Yeom Tae-young of Suwon City attended the 'Korean Legal Consumer Federation Promise Award Ceremony' held at the Grand Hall of the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Businesses in Yeouido on the afternoon of the 15th and received the 'Promise Award.'

Mayor Yeom Tae-young of Suwon City stated, "Today's honor is the result of the participation of 1.2 million Suwon citizens and the joint efforts of approximately 3,000 public officials," and added, "Going forward, we will make our best efforts to create a Suwon where citizens live well and prosper."