Shin Ho-jeong, Pyeong-dong Residents' Autonomous Committee Chair, Inaugurated as 4th Suwon City Residents' Autonomous Council Chair

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Shin Ho-jeong, Chair of the Pyeong-dong Residents' Autonomous Committee, has been inaugurated as the 4th Chair of the Suwon City Residents' Autonomous Council. The inauguration and retirement ceremony was held on the 7th at the Grand Auditorium of Suwon City Hall.

The Suwon City Residents' Autonomous Council held a regular meeting on November 28 last year and elected a new council chair.

The inauguration and retirement ceremony was attended by Mayor Lee Jae-jun of Suwon Special City, chairs and members of residents' autonomous committees from 44 districts, Suwon Special City Council Chairman Lee Jae-sik and city council members, and Councilman Kim Jun-hyuk (Suwon City Politics). Mayor Lee presented a certificate of appreciation to Jin Sung-won, the retiring 3rd Chair of the Suwon City Residents' Autonomous Council.

Newly inaugurated Council Chair Shin Ho-jeong stated, "I sincerely thank former Chair Jin Sung-won and the chairs of the 44 residents' autonomous committees for dedicating themselves to establishing the status and strengthening the foundation of the Suwon City Residents' Autonomous Council over the past year," and added, "I will move forward hand-in-hand with the chairs and members of the 44 residents' autonomous committees to take a new leap as a genuine residents' autonomous committee that operates through independent thinking."

Mayor Lee Jae-jun of Suwon stated, "The flower of democracy is decentralized autonomy, and the flower of decentralized autonomy is residents' autonomy," and said, "I hope the Suwon City Residents' Autonomous Council will take the lead in moving toward genuine decentralized autonomy."