Seodaemun-gu District, "Next year's budget snatching passed...a request for reconsideration"

Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, said it will demand reconsideration, saying that the city council has cut next year's budget plan in a surprise move.

Seodaemun-gu claimed that the ruling and opposition parties tentatively agreed on next year's budget at the district council's budget settlement committee on the 17th, but lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Korea suddenly proposed and approved a budget revision motion on the last day of the regular meeting.

According to the amendment, more than 6 billion won was reduced, including lifelong learning for residents, community space support, village festival support project, road facility maintenance cost, and senior job project.

In addition, the operating cost of the Seodaemun-gu Office Women's Basketball Team, which won four national competitions this year, and the project cost to create a cafe waterfall Korean Wave Culture Experience Center were all cut.

Seodaemun-gu said, "There is a lot of suspicion that we have targeted and cut the 8th new public election project," adding, "The consent to amend the budget bill must go through the preliminary committee review again in accordance with the rules of the district council meeting, but we will demand a reconsideration in the future as it was passed as a snatch without complying with it."