2024-04-29 07:46:40
The governor of Gapyeong-gun appealed for participation in a county-wide signature campaign to designate the border area. While Gapyeong-gun is carrying out a ‘county-wide signature movement calling for the designation of border areas’ to turn the crisis of regional extinction into an opportunity for regional revitalization, County Governor Seo Tae-won also appealed for the participation of county residents.
County Governor Seo personally visited the public-private-military harmony festival held in Jojong-myeon last weekend and participated in the signature campaign by distributing promotional letters to residents and military personnel informing them of the need to designate border areas and that designating border areas is the driving force behind Gapyeong’s development. urged.
On this day, County Governor Seo said, “In order to resolve the unfortunate situation in which only Gapyeong-gun, an area with a declining population in the metropolitan area, was excluded from this government’s ‘second home, tax exemption for one house per household,’ designation of a border area is essential. He said, “We hope for a lot of participation and promotion in the county-wide signature campaign, as financial support and tax benefits for border area designation can serve as an opportunity to revive the region by avoiding the crisis of regional extinction.”
Previously, the military was actively promoting an online and offline county-wide signature campaign targeting 31,700 people, or 50% of the total population, for about two months from the 22nd of this month to the end of June.
During the county-wide signature campaign, the county installed signature promotional booths and QR zones for online signatures at various event venues and placed signature books at the county office and each town/village civil service office to encourage participation from residents. Signature books were also provided to village representatives such as village heads and related organizations. We are distributing and encouraging participation by opening and operating a signature section on the military website.
Currently, as the results of the government’s research service on the designation of the border area are released, discussions and reviews are underway between ministries such as the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. A signature sheet containing the wishes of residents calling for the designation of the border area is scheduled to be delivered to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security in July. .
Last year, for the first time in 23 years, the military found irrationality in the designation of border areas and is preparing a strategic response plan for the central government and the need for designation as a border area after a proposal to revise the Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Designation of Border Areas.
In the case of Gapyeong-gun, it is within 25km south of the Civilian Control Line and fully meets the requirements for a border area, with more than 3 out of 5 conditions and development indicators in the military facility protection zone (28.1㎢) and the US military donation area (Gapyeong-eup, Buk-myeon, Jojong-myeon) being lower than the national average. The position is that it is unreasonable that it is excluded even though it exists.
In 2000, the government enacted a special law to support border areas, designating the area within 20km south of the Civilian Control Line (Civilian Entry Control Line) as the border area. At the time, the designation requirements were limited to military facility protection zones and U.S. military-donated zones, and three or more of the development level indicators such as population growth rate, road paving rate, water supply rate, percentage of manufacturing workers, and military facility protection area occupancy rate were the national average indicators. pointed to a lower area.
Afterwards, through a revision of the law in 2008, it was increased to 25 km south of the Civilian Control Line, and currently, the revised law in 2011, which defines cities and counties as designated by Presidential Decree based on the distance to the Civilian Control Line and geographical conditions, is being applied.
Queen reporter Hana Choi photo Gapyeong-gun
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2024-04-29 07:46:40