Gyeonggi Provincial Council opens the first ‘Seoul Office’ among local councils

(Suwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Chan-heung = Gyeonggi Provincial Council opened its Seoul office (Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul) on the 24th, becoming the first local council in the country to do so.

The Seoul office, a 5-minute walk from the National Assembly Building, has an exclusive area of ​​59㎡ and is staffed by members of the National Assembly Secretariat.

The Seoul office is responsible for tasks such as ▲ identifying legislative trends in the National Assembly and providing data ▲ supporting legislative activities for provincial lawmakers visiting the National Assembly ▲ supporting communication with the National Assembly and promoting legislative policies.

It is expected that external cooperation capabilities will be further strengthened by systematically supporting National Assembly response work at the provincial council level, National Assembly events, and talks.

Chairman Yeom Jong-hyeon said, “In order to realize true local autonomy and decentralization, it is necessary to actively work to establish laws and systems appropriate for the strengthened status and role of local councils.” “I hope it will establish itself as a ‘communication forward base’ for the National Assembly,” he said.

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