Kim Minseok Embarks on Nationwide Budget Tour... In Sejong, Vows to "Complete Legal Foundation for the Administrative Capital"

Commitment to the Sejong National Assembly Building
and the Presidential Office in Sejong

Kim Minseok, leader of the Democratic Party, has begun a nationwide tour starting with Sejong ahead of the upcoming budget session. He plans to visit each metropolitan city and province sequentially until early next month in order to review key regional issues and national-funded projects.

On September 2, Kim held both the Supreme Council meeting and the Budget Policy Council in Sejong, stating, "Completing Sejong as the administrative capital is the 50th national agenda item of Lee Jaemyung's government for national sovereignty, and it is the No. 1 task among land and space transformation tasks." He added, "The National Assembly will complete the legal foundation for the administrative capital."

(Sejong=Yonhap News) Reporter Youngs Yang is attending and speaking at the 8th Supreme Council meeting held at Sejong City Hall on September 2, 2026. youngs@yna.co.kr (End)

He said, "The President has mentioned that the retirement ceremony will be held in Sejong," and continued, "Building a new presidential office is such a weighty task that it cannot be shouldered by the incumbent president alone, so we should find a solution together with the entire nation from a long-term perspective."

In fact, in its budget proposal for next year, the government plans to expand the budget for the presidential office in Sejong to 205.7 billion won, more than eight times this year’s allocation, and also inject 119.1 billion won for the construction of the Sejong National Assembly Building.

To this end, the Democratic Party announced that it would accelerate the enactment of a special law on the administrative capital within this year. Kim asked the party floor leaders to review whether the special law can be handled through bipartisan agreement.

Regarding next year's government budget proposal, Kim pledged, "During the National Assembly review process, we will ensure that the fruits of growth are shared equally by the people so that the recovery of the people's economy is genuinely felt." The Democratic Party plans to visit Chungnam, Jeonbuk, Jeonnam-Gwangju, Gangwon, Daejeon-Chungbuk, Jeju, Gyeonggi, Incheon, Daegu-Gyeongbuk, Seoul-Gyeongnam, and Ulsan-Busan in sequence to review the budget.

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