Mayor Hyunduk Choi: "Citizens Are the Owners of Policy"... Namyangju Launches 'Great Transformation' with 100 Key Tasks

Namyangju Ushers in a New Era of Citizen Sovereignty
Full-Scale Launch of 100 Key Tasks for the 9th Administration
White Paper Delivered by Citizens' Sovereignty Committee, Declaration of Great Transformation

Namyangju City in Gyeonggi Province, led by Mayor Hyunduk Choi, has concluded the activities of the Citizens' Sovereignty Committee, which laid the foundation for the direction of the 9th elected municipal administration, and is now taking concrete steps to realize a 'Great Transformation of Namyangju' based on citizen participation.

Mayor Hyunduk Choi of Namyangju City is holding a civic report meeting on the 21st at the city hall Yeoyudang to share the achievements of the Citizens' Sovereignty Committee and to announce the vision for the 9th term of the civil administration and the 100 key core tasks. Provided by Namyangju City

On July 21, Namyangju City announced that it held a citizen report meeting at Yeoyudang in City Hall to share the outcomes of the Citizens' Sovereignty Committee's activities and to announce the vision and 100 key tasks for the 9th municipal administration.

The event was attended by Namyangju Mayor Hyunduk Choi, Citizens' Sovereignty Committee Chair Kyungseong Seok, transition team members, and about 80 citizens. It was broadcast live on YouTube, allowing citizens who could not attend in person to participate online.

This report meeting marked the conclusion of the Citizens' Sovereignty Committee's 40-day series of initiatives and provided a venue to share the direction for the city's administration moving forward with citizens.

The committee operated based on the philosophy that 'citizens are not just the target of policies but the main drivers in policy creation.' It went beyond the conventional operation of transition committees by presenting a new administrative innovation model that strengthened citizen involvement and administrative transparency.

Notably, for the first time in the nation, the entire work reporting process was streamed live in both directions, making the administrative preparation process public to citizens. The committee also operated as a citizen-sovereignty type body based on collective intelligence, with over 120 individuals including transition and advisory committee members participating. Additionally, it established the vision for the 9th municipal administration, four key areas, and 100 key tasks, thereby creating an execution framework for the upcoming city administration.

On this day, Chair Kyungseong Seok declared the official conclusion of the committee's activities by presenting a white paper, containing the vision and 100 key tasks for the 9th municipal administration, to Mayor Hyunduk Choi and the citizens. Following this, the mayor and citizen representatives held up the white paper together, symbolically declaring that citizens are both the starting point and the main agents of policy, reaffirming their commitment to implementing the key tasks.

Chair Kyungseong Seok stated, "The tasks reported today are the result of considerations by both citizens and committee members, and represent a promise for Namyangju’s future. Although the committee’s official activities are ending, the era of citizen sovereignty truly begins now. I earnestly hope that, together with the citizens, we will certainly achieve the 'Great Transformation of Namyangju.'"

Mayor Hyunduk Choi evaluated the operation of the Citizens' Sovereignty Committee as a new model of 'transparent administration.'

Namyangju City held a citizens' report meeting on the 21st at the Yeoyudang Hall of the city hall to share the achievements of the Citizens' Sovereignty Committee and announce the vision for the 9th mayoral administration and the 100 key core tasks. Provided by Namyangju City.

Mayor Choi commented, "From June 11, for a period of 40 days, 15 transition committee members and more than 100 advisory members engaged in passionate discussions, and to hear the diverse opinions of our citizens, the entire process was streamed live on YouTube with full transparency. Everyone present here today forms a community of destiny that will review and evaluate our policies together over the next four years."

He emphasized, "We will serve the citizens as our top priority, usher in a true era of citizen sovereignty where the voices of citizens are at the heart of city administration, and will successfully accomplish the 'Great Transformation of Namyangju.'"

Meanwhile, starting with the citizen report meeting, Namyangju City plans to systematically incorporate the policies and 100 key tasks proposed by the Citizens' Sovereignty Committee into its city management plan, thereby launching the 9th elected administration grounded in citizen participation.

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