Daegu City visits ruling and opposition party leaders to request support for new airport, administrative integration, etc.

Choo Kyung-ho "Opposes the revision of the Local Allocation Tax Act, which takes away the future of local governments"

(Daegu = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Kang-il = Daegu City held a budget policy council with the leadership of the People Power Party at the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 11th and discussed support and cooperation measures at the central party level to resolve key regional issues and secure future growth engines.

The meeting was attended by Mayor Chu Kyung-ho, key executives of Daegu City, Representative Jang Dong-hyuk, floor leader Jeong Jeong-sik, and local lawmakers.

Mayor Chu said at the meeting, "The government's attempt to take 30.5 trillion won in grants to local governments as a future response fund is tantamount to robbing local governments of their future," and added, "The method of calculating local grants should be maintained as is to ensure the originally scheduled statutory financial resources for local governments."

He then emphasized, "Special attention and support from the party and the National Assembly are needed so that major issues such as transitioning the construction of TK New Airport to national leadership, passing the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integration Special Act within the year, and attracting the National Dental Research Institute and complex dome stadium can be promoted according to fair and objective standards."

The city explained three major policy issues, including the construction of Daegu-Gyeongbuk (TK) New Airport, Daegu-Gyeongbuk administrative integration, and hosting the National Dental Research Institute and complex dome stadium, and suggested institutional support measures.

In addition, we requested attention and support from the National Assembly and the People Power Party leadership on pending issues such as discontinuation of the use of transformers at the Sindalseong substation, implementation of the original completion plan, strengthening on-site firefighting capabilities and sound firefighting finances, and relocating secondary public institutions.

Participants agreed on Daegu's current issues and the need for core government-funded projects, and agreed to cooperate closely to quickly resolve policy issues and reflect national funds in major projects.

In order to respond to the review of bills and national budget related to major pending issues, Daegu City plans to have a government field response team stationed at the National Assembly during the regular National Assembly session to check review trends in real time, and key executives will visit the National Assembly from time to time to respond to controversial issues.

Before meeting with the People Power Party leader on this day, Mayor Chu met with North Gyeongsang Province Governor Lee Cheol-woo, floor leader Han Byeong-do of the Democratic Party of Korea, and Policy Committee Chairman Kwon Chil-seung in turn, requesting cooperation on local issues and government-funded projects.

In addition, Lee Kwang-jae, chairman of the Committee on Budget and Accounts and Budget and Accounts and Accounts and Budget, and Jeong Tae-ho, secretary of the Committee on Budget and Accounts met with each other and conveyed their position that they are opposed to the revision of the current Local Allocation Tax Act in relation to the establishment of the Future Response Fund.

Governor Lee Cheol-woo said, "For the future of Daegu-Gyeongbuk, we will continue to closely consult with the government and ruling party together with Daegu City. As the problems of the new airport, administrative integration, and local finances are difficult to solve through local power alone, we expect the government to play an active role."