Sejong Mayor Cho Sangho Requests Cooperation for Enactment of Special Act on Administrative Capital This Year

Kim Minseok: "Will Discuss the Adoption as Official Party Policy"

From the left, Cho Sangho, Mayor of Sejong City, and Kim Minseok, Democratic Party presidential candidate (Photo by Sejong City)

On July 27, Cho Sangho, Mayor of Sejong City, met with Kim Minseok, Democratic Party party leader candidate, at Sejong City Hall and requested support for the enactment of the Special Act on Administrative Capital within the year, stating that "this year is the golden time for the enactment of the Special Act on Administrative Capital."

This meeting was arranged because, following the designation of administrative capital completion as a state policy task by the Lee Jaemyung administration, the proposal of five special act bills in the National Assembly, and the conclusion of related public hearings, it was determined that this year is the right time to enact the special law.

Mayor Cho urged active support at the party level, including adopting the enactment of the Special Act on Administrative Capital as a key pledge of the party leader candidate and establishing it as the official party policy.

Mayor Cho said, "Driven by a sense of urgency for enacting the special act, I am personally reaching out to political circles to explain its necessity," and requested, "Please make the special act a top legislative priority for the party and join forces to ensure it is enacted within this year."

Candidate Kim responded, "The completion of the administrative capital is an issue that must be resolved by considering the opinions of both the public and the National Assembly, but you can trust in my sincerity, as I have consistently maintained a forward-looking position on this issue," adding, "I will discuss the possibility of adopting the (special act) as an official party policy."

In the afternoon, Mayor Cho is also scheduled to meet with Song Younggil, another Democratic Party party leader candidate, and on the morning of the 28th, with Jeong Cheongrae, to deliver written proposals and request cooperation at the party level for the enactment of the Special Act on Administrative Capital within the year.

The plan is to lay the foundation for cooperation among the government, the National Assembly, and civil society this month; to focus on political coalition-building and expanding public consensus in August; to intensively respond in the regular National Assembly session in September and October; and to make every effort so that the special act can be enacted by November.

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