Gyeonggi Province Democratic Party Requests State Funding for Ilsan Bridge Free Use and Firefighting Finance

The Democratic Party of the Gyeonggi Province Council (Representative Member An Kwang-ryul) met with Policy Committee Chair Kwon Chil-seung of the Democratic Party and National Assembly Budget and Accounts Committee Chair Lee Kwang-jae on the 21st, delivering a proposal document containing key pending projects of Gyeonggi Province and requesting cooperation.

The meeting was attended by Representative Member An Kwang-ryul (Siheung District 1), Chief Deputy Representative Han-byeol Jang (Suwon District 4), Members O Ji-hoon (Hanam District 3) and Kang Sung-sam (Hanam District 2), and was held to share urgent livelihood issues of Gyeonggi Province and discuss ways to reflect them in the major policy directions of the government and the party.

The proposal document delivered by Representative Member An Kwang-ryul included ▲State funding support for public takeover of Ilsan Bridge management and operations and complete elimination of tolls ▲National pilot project for Gyeonggi Province youth basic income ▲State funding support for Gyeonggi regional currency issuance and improvement of fiscal burden-sharing system ▲Expansion of state funding support for firefighting safety finance ▲Financial stabilization and financial resource expansion for local governments ▲Revision of local education finance allocation funds and other core tasks of Gyeonggi Province.

Representative Member An Kwang-ryul stated at the meeting, "To protect the lives of 14.2 million Gyeonggi Province residents, it is urgent to expand state funding support for Gyeonggi Province, which faces difficult fiscal conditions, and provide policy and budget support from the government and central political circles," and appealed, "The six pending issues included in the proposal are major matters that require national support to protect residents' livelihoods."

In response, Policy Committee Chair Kwon Chil-seung and Budget Committee Chair Lee Kwang-jae reportedly answered in the sense of "We will carefully review the proposed pending issues so they can be promoted smoothly and lead to stabilization of Gyeonggi Province residents' livelihoods."

Beginning with this meeting, the Democratic Party of the Gyeonggi Province Council plans to further strengthen its coordination system with the central political circles to address major policy tasks and secure state funding and budget.