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As the amendment to the Local Autonomy Law was approved in a plenary session of the National Assembly on the 9th, large cities with a population of more than 1 million can use the name ‘Special City’. As of the 11th, Suwon, Yongin, Goyang, and Changwon are the targets. The special case was a promise made by the heads of four local governments in common during the 2018 local elections. Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young welcomed JoongAng Ilbo on the 10th and said: “An authority will be granted separated from the metropolitan city. ”
The mayors of Suwon, Yongin, Goyang and Changwon, as well as the presidents of the city council, at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 9th, which was completely revised after 32 years of the Local Self-Government Law, congratulate the approval of the amendment to the Local Government Law. From left to right, Chi-Woo Lee, Chairman of the Changwon City Council, Changwon Mayor Heo Seong-moo, Chairman Gil-yong Lee, Chairman of the Goyang City Council Seok-Hwan Cho , Suwon City Council Chairman, Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young, Mayor Baek Gun-ki, Yongin Mayor Lee Jae-jun, Kim-Junyang City Council Chairman and Yongin . Suwon-si = News 1
◆ Is the pattern only “on special occasions”?= However, if you look at the revised Local Autonomy Law, special cases are not classified as a type of local government (Article 2). In the article on the recognition of special cases for large cities (Article 195), he stated that “large cities with a population of more than 1 million” was expressed, and only expanded that “this is called” special cases “. It has stipulated that additional special cases can be provided, but it is unclear what special cases will be provided. In response, Mayor Yeom said, “We will make specific special cases in the execution decree.” However, Representative Han Byung-do, Secretary of the Democratic Party of the Administrative Security Committee of the National Assembly, which deliberated on the bill, explained: “According to the Special Law of Local Autonomy and Decentralization, there are already important special cases in metropolitan cities of more than 1 million and 500,000 , so there are no new special cases. ”
There is a reason why the condolences have been ambiguous enough to have different interpretations within the party based on the same law. The provision of the special case was an issue in which interests between metropolitan governments and basic municipalities in large cities with a population of about 1 million people clashed sharply. In the case of Suwon, which was difficult to promote to a metropolitan city for geographic reasons, although it has a larger population than Ulsan, a loud voice was heard calling for a special occasion.
However, the National Council of Mayors and Governors Do (Chairman Ha-jin Song, Governor of Jeonbuk) stopped him. This is due to the concern that if special cases occur in a situation where administrative and financial decentralization is insufficient, a large part of the authority of metropolitan local governments may be deprived of special cases and the phenomenon of the rich and poor in basic municipalities will accelerate depending on the number of population. . However, the situation in which the mayor / governor’s breath dominated changed when Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young was elected the highest member of the Democratic Party.
Gyeonggi Governor Lee Jae-myeong (center) was actively involved in legislation that awarded special poems for a large city with a population of 1 million during the mayor of Seongnam. The photo shows Governor Lee, Mayor Yeom, and Hwaseong Mayor Chae In-seok at a press conference on June 7, 2016, when Governor Lee was the Mayor of Seongnam, saying “lower the tax level of the local government “against government policy to amend the Local Finance Act (right) Look at. Central photo
◆ I was comrade yesterdayIn the course of the discussions in the National Assembly, there was a fierce battle between the governor of Gyeonggi, Lee Jae-myeong, who agreed with the legislation in the past, and the head of one million metropolitan municipalities as the mayor of Suwon, Yeom Tae-young. Governor Lee was actively involved in the designation of special occasions, saying in a media interview during the mayor of Seongnam: “It is possible not only to do administrative work that fits the characteristics of the region, but also to lead the development of the country joining foreign cities. ” He returned to position. Governor Lee also said, “All food has ‘special, special, special’ in front of the food and ‘normal’ at the end makes you feel alienated. If local governments adjust their finances, it is not right because poor cities get poorer and the rich get richer, “he argued.” Let’s admit special administrative cases, but don’t give them the kind of special cases. “
About this Mayor Yeom said: “The reason that metropolitan governments are classified as special cities, metropolitan cities and special autonomous provinces is because they have different characteristics,” he said. “Although there are only a few metropolitan governments, there are 226 basic governments” Is there something that should not be done by simply adding a ‘special’ character in 4 places? “ He added: “I don’t mean to blame him because (Governor Lee) may have changed his perspective after being elected governor, but there is a problem in terms of consistency.”
Previously, the two had collided once, divided into local currency (Gyeonggi) and cash (Suwon), respectively, despite the payment method of the first Corona 19 disaster support fund. In local government, there is also a story that during the 2018 Gyeonggi governor primary election, Mayor Yeom supported the governor’s rival legislator, the Democratic Party, Jeon Jeon Jeon, further deepening the objective of the conflict.
Han Byeong-do, Chairman of the National Assembly Bill 1 Review Administrative Security Committee (Democratic Party Secretary), speaks at the subcommittee on the morning of the 7th. The revised bill of the Local Self-Government Law was approved in plenary session on the 9th, after a general meeting of the Public Safety Council on the 3rd. Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Hyung-seok (left) argued against the so-called “system of special cases against balanced national development “on the 30th of last month. News 1
◆ The real conflict from now onOn the National Security Council, legislators from basic local governments such as Kim Young-bae (former mayor of Seongbuk-gu, Seoul), Lee Hae-sik (former mayor of Gangdong-gu, Seoul) and Yang Ki-dae (former mayor Gwangmyeong), who joined Mayor Yeom, lobbied for a revision of the law that included provisions in special cases. . However, in the so-called discussion stage, there was also an internal objection (Representative Hyung-Seok Lee), saying: “If a special case is recognized in the situation where large cities are in the metropolitan area, the concentration of the metropolitan area can accelerate and counteract balanced national development. ”
The Democratic Party’s Very Good Local Government Committee then took on the association of local governments with a population of over 1 million, 500,000 and 30,000 and sought a compromise. In this process, the Association of Mayors / Do Governor argued that “if special cases are legislated, the content that there should be no transfer of finances and office work to special cases should be reflected from the metropolitan government.” The revised draft dates back to the fact that, when designating special cases, there should be no special cases that could cause other local governments to reduce their financial resources or violate the authority of the city / province to approve urban basic / weapons plans.
In politics, some observers say that the real conflict begins now. In the case of special cases that will be reorganized after the enactment of the law, the relevant enforcement ordinance could be another trigger. Looking ahead to the 2022 local elections, as the demand for special cases of close to a million increases in large cities, the confrontation between metropolitan local governments and special cases may intensify. Mayor Yeom, chairman of the council of district, county and national mayor chiefs, argues that “special financial cases for special cases are natural as long as they do not harm the financial resources of the basic municipalities.” In this regard, an official from the Policy Committee of the Democratic Party said: “Because the law is a superior law, it is not easy to establish special cases immediately just because it is included in the executive decree.”
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