Song Eon-suk: "Site Selection Criteria for Honam Must Be Disclosed... Otherwise, It Will Become a Semiconductor Gate"
"The Government Should Not Designate Regions and Force Investments"
Eon-Seok Song, Member of the People Power Party, commented on June 29 regarding the government's push for a semiconductor cluster in the Honam region, stating, "The criteria for site selection and the evaluation results for each region must first be transparently released to the public," adding, "If this is not done, the Honam Semiconductor Cluster will ultimately become a power-driven 'Honam Semiconductor Gate.'"
On his social networking service (SNS) account that day, Assemblyman Song said, "The government must immediately halt its announcement of the Honam semiconductor cluster, which is being forced through by power-centric administrative control."
Song emphasized, "The role of the government is not to decide where the money goes, but to create an environment in which companies can invest and grow freely," and pointed out, "The government should not designate regions and force investments as it is doing now." He further stated, "It must never become a means of political reward for any particular region."
He continued, "The bigger issue is that, even as the government pursues a national strategic project worth hundreds of trillions of won, it fails to provide objective grounds for why it must be Honam," and explained, "The competitiveness of the semiconductor industry comes not from politics, but from an industrial ecosystem with power, water resources, talent, and cooperating companies all concentrated. Site selection should be based on economic feasibility and industrial competitiveness, not favoritism toward any specific region."
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Song added, "If the government claims it has convinced companies, then it must first transparently release the site evaluation criteria and comparative review results to the public," and criticized, "It is hard to accept that the government is rushing the announcement while merely saying, as President Lee did, that things will proceed 'slowly,' without even being able to explain those details."
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