Bonghwa-gun Mayor-elect Choi Ki-young receives briefings during a departmental meeting. [Provided by the Bonghwa-gun mayoral transition committee]
Bonghwa-gun Mayor-elect Choi Ki-young receives briefings during a departmental meeting. [Provided by the Bonghwa-gun mayoral transition committee]

Bonghwa-gun Mayor-elect Choi Ki-young has launched an active outreach effort ahead of the launch of the ninth directly elected administration, aiming to get an early grasp of key local government issues and ensure a seamless transition.

According to the county's civic harmony and future preparedness committee, a series of "mayor-elect and department communication meetings" is being held June 22–26 at the transition committee office on the fourth floor of the Eoulim Center.

Department heads, team leaders and the chiefs of the county's 10 towns and townships are taking part in the sessions.

Choi has deliberately lowered the formality threshold of the transition process, holding relaxed tea-time conversations with participants to personally lay out the key campaign pledges and vision he plans to pursue over the next four years. The sessions are designed as a two-way exchange — departing from top-down directives or routine briefings — so that frontline officials can freely raise practical suggestions and concerns to help sharpen the quality of his pledges.

The meetings also aim to inject confidence and energy into a civil service that could otherwise grow stagnant, building a genuine "one team" foundation in which the mayor-elect and officials work together toward Bonghwa-gun's advancement.

"The most powerful driving force behind a successful launch of the ninth administration and the development of county governance is the passion and pride of our public servants," Choi said.

He added that campaign pledges are "not directives but a collaborative work completed together with public officials," and pledged to be "a steadfast partner so that you can pursue your work with conviction and confidence, and together we can deliver high-quality policy."


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