Lee Sang-il, mayor of Yongin Special City, said on the 11th to the Office of the Prime Minister, "The attempt to shake the Yongin semiconductor national industrial complex must stop immediately."
The mayor said this as he posted an article-style message on social media (SNS) that morning.
This was a rebuttal to reports that the Office of Civil Society Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and the advisory body, the Committee for Great Social Reform, plan to set "feasibility review of the Yongin semiconductor national industrial complex" as a discussion agenda at an event scheduled to be held in Busan on the 26th. Chairperson Park Seok-woon of the Committee for Great Social Reform said on the afternoon of the 10th at the "policy discussion forum with plaza citizens" held at the Seoul Global Center International Conference Hall that a discussion related to this would be held, according to attendees at the scene.
The mayor said, "It means they will make a blunder that will highlight the government's irresponsibility and also lower the nation's dignity and credibility," adding, "Do not package it with the phrase feasibility review; reveal your true intentions and ulterior motives honestly."
She continued, "The government selected the site for the advanced system semiconductor national industrial complex as a state project, and because the government went through the necessary administrative procedures and approved the plan, compensation has begun and site development is now just ahead," adding, "In January this year, the judiciary also ruled that there was no problem with the government's approval process for the Yongin national industrial complex plan and recognized its legality, so how does 'plaza citizens' feasibility review' make any sense?"
The mayor also said, "Citizens with common sense or workers in the semiconductor industry will not be able to hide their dismay at the bizarre idea of an advisory body to the Prime Minister's Office," adding, "The international community will come to think, 'When administrations change, Korea is an unbelievable country that tries to shake and overturn even state-run projects at the national level,' and investors will hesitate to invest in this country, so it is certain to damage the national interest; the Committee for Great Social Reform's plan must be withdrawn immediately."
Earlier, on the 10th, the day before, the mayor also posted a message criticizing the Prime Minister's Office's policy discussion forum.