Kim Kwan-young, Governor of North Jeolla Province, speaks at a press conference on the 2023 Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree Crash held in the briefing room of Jeonbuk Provincial Office on the 14th. /yunhap news
North Jeolla Province Governor Kim Kwan-young, who was accused of being responsible for the Saemangeum Jamboree, will be investigated by the prosecution. According to the coverage of this magazine on the 22nd, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office assigned the Jeonju District Prosecutor’s Office the case in which the civic group Hwalbindan accused Governor Kim Kwan-young of dereliction of duty.
Previously, through a press release on the 14th, Hwalbindan said, “Jeonbuk-do skipped only the social overhead capital (SOC) budget of 11 trillion won under the pretext of the Jamboree, and neglected the operation of the Jamboree International Convention.” “I submitted a complaint against Governor Kim to the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office.
Jeonbuk Province has been criticized for hosting the World Jamboree to build social overhead capital (SOC) such as roads and airports in Saemangeum.
People’s Power Rep. Song Eon-seok issued a press release on the 14th and said, “The Saemangeum Jamboree includes Saemangeum International Airport (807.7 billion won), which was exempted from the preliminary feasibility study, Saemangeum-Jeonju Expressway (1.92 trillion won), which is still under construction, and the Jamboree participants’ An SOC budget approaching 11 trillion won was invested, including internal east-west roads, internal north-south roads (788.6 billion won) and Saemangeum New Port (3.2 trillion won), which were built in the name of enhancing convenience.” Rep. Song said, “It seems that the Jamboree was abused as a tool to secure the SOC budget.” The budget for the Jamboree is 117.1 billion won.
Regarding this, Governor Kim Kwan-young said, “I am convinced that linking the Saemangeum Jamboree with various international airports and SOC projects in Saemangeum is an excessive political offensive.” He said, “The Saemangeum project has already been in progress for 34 years, and all SOC projects in Saemangeum have been in progress for a long time after going through a preliminary feasibility study (yetah) one by one.” We will no longer condone the act of seriously hurting the pride of Jeonbuk people and damaging their honor by claiming false facts, such as that they were brought in.”
2023-08-22 12:46:14
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