(브레이크뉴스 전남광주) 이학수 기자= 전남광주통합특별시 출범 이후 처음으로 마련된 조직개편안을 둘러싸고 동부권 소외를 우려하는 목소리가 제기됐다. 동부청사를 산업·투자 거점으로 육성하겠다는 방향성에는 공감하지만, 정작 실질적인 권한과 조직 위계가 뒷받침되지 못해 ‘이름뿐인 거점’으로 전락할 수 있다는 지적이다.
전남광주통합특별시의회 주연창 의원(사진, 더불어민주당, 여수4)은 이번 조직개편안에 대해 “동부청사의 기능과 위상을 실질적으로 보장하지 못한 구조적 한계가 존재한다”며 깊은 우려를 표명했다.
이번 조직개편안에 따르면 광주청사는 기획·정무, 남악청사는 예산·행정, 동부청사는 산업·투자 기능을 각각 전담하게 된다. 아울러 산업경제부시장을 동부청사에배치하는 방안이 포함됐다.
그러나 실질적인 행정 권한을 행사하는 고위급(1급) 조직 배치를 살펴보면 불균형이 심각하다. 고위급(1급) 조직은 광주청사에 3개, 남악청사에 1개가 각각 배치되는 반면, 동부청사에는 단 한 곳도 할당되지 않은 것으로 나타났다.
주 의원은 “동부청사를 산업경제 거점으로 지정해 놓고 주요 산업정책을 총괄할 고위급(1급) 조직을 두지 않는다면 명칭만 거점일 뿐 실질적 권한이 없는 구조가 될 수밖에 없다”고 단언했다. 특히 “반도체산업에는 시장 직속 조직을 두면서, 철강·석유화학·이차전지 등 국가기간산업이 집적된 동부권에는 이에 상응하는 전략조직이 없다는 점은 납득하기 어렵다”고 비판했다.
환경 및 기후 변화 대응 부서가 광주청사에 집중된 점에 대해서도 문제점으로 지적됐다. 철강과 석유화학 등 대규모 국가산업단지가 밀집해 있는 광양만권의 특성상 현장 중심의 행정체계 구축이 필수적이라는 이유에서다.
광양만권 현장에서는 ▲대기·수질 관리 ▲온실가스 감축 ▲산업단지 환경관리 ▲탄소중립 산업전환 등을 종합적으로 실행할 수 있는 특화된 행정기구가 절실하다.
주 의원은 “현재 동부권과 경남이 COP33(유엔기후변화협약 당사국총회) 유치를 추진 중인 상황에서, 동부청사를 중심으로 기후·환경 정책 역량을 대폭 강화해야 한다”고 밝혔다. 정부의 국가 온실가스 감축목표(NDC)를 산업 현장에 적용하고 광양만권 산업의 저탄소 전환을 이끌 탄소중립 컨트롤타워가 동부청사에 배치되어야 한다는 설명이다.
이 같은 문제를 해결하기 위해 주 의원은 동부청사 내 ‘고위급(1급) 산업혁신실’ 신설을 정식 제안했다. 해당 조직을 통해 ▲철강·석유화학·이차전지 산업의 고도화 ▲국가산단 친환경 전환 ▲투자유치 및 기업지원 ▲탄소중립 및 COP33 대응 등을 총괄하도록 해야 한다는 구상이다.
주 의원은 “동부권에 산업시설과 국가산단을 몰아놓고 환경·기후 정책의 핵심 기능과 실질적인 권한은 다른 곳에 둔다면 ‘산업은 동부에서 책임지고 결정은 다른 곳에서 하는’ 기형적인 행정체계가 될 수 있다”며 “통합의 이름으로 동부권을 다시 행정의 변방으로 내몰아서는 안 된다”고 강조했다.
이어 “동부청사가 진정한 산업경제 거점이라면 그에 걸맞은 조직과 권한, 예산이 반드시 동반되어야 한다”며 “첫 조직개편부터 동부권을 소외시키는 구조를 고착화한다면 통합특별시가 내세운 균형발전은 시작부터 신뢰를 잃게 될 것”이라고 경고했다.
끝으로 주 의원은 “전남광주통합특별시의 조직개편이 형식적인 구색 맞추기에 머물지 않고, 각 지역의 기능과 역할에 맞는 권한과 조직을 적재적소에 배치해 실질적인 성과를 내는 행정체계로 거듭나야 한다”고 거듭 촉구했다.
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Joo Yeon-chang, Member of the Jeonnam-Gwangju Metropolitan Council: “Eastern Government Complex is a Hub in Name Only… Lacking Substantive Authority and Organization”
Concerns Raised Over Entrenched Neglect of the Eastern Region in the Integrated Metropolitan City’s First Organizational Restructuring Plan; Points Out That Grade 1 High-Level Organizations Are Placed Only at Gwangju and Namak Offices… Zero Locations at the Eastern Government Complex. Urging for the Establishment of a 'Grade 1 Industrial Innovation Office' to Oversee Steel, Petrochemicals, and Secondary Batteries, as well as to Respond to COP33
(Break News Jeonnam-Gwangju) Reporter Lee Hak-su = Voices of concern regarding the marginalization of the eastern region have been raised surrounding the organizational restructuring plan prepared for the first time since the launch of the Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Metropolitan City. While there is agreement on the direction of fostering the Eastern Government Complex as an industrial and investment hub, critics point out that it could degenerate into a "hub in name only" because it lacks supporting substantive authority and organizational hierarchy. Joo Yeon-chang, a member of the Jeonnam-Gwangju Metropolitan Council (pictured, Democratic Party of Korea, Yeosu 4), expressed deep concern regarding the organizational restructuring plan, stating, “There are structural limitations that fail to practically guarantee the functions and status of the Eastern Government Complex.”
According to the plan, the Gwangju Government Complex will be responsible for planning and political affairs, the Namak Government Complex for budget and administration, and the Eastern Government Complex for industry and investment functions. Additionally, the plan includes the placement of the Vice Mayor for Industry and Economy at the Eastern Government Complex.
However, a serious imbalance is evident when examining the placement of high-level (Grade 1) organizations that exercise actual administrative authority. While three high-level (Grade 1) organizations are assigned to the Gwangju Government Complex and one to the Namak Government Complex, it appears that not a single one has been allocated to the Eastern Government Complex.
Councilor Joo asserted, “If the Eastern Government Complex is designated as an industrial and economic hub but no high-level (Grade 1) organizations are established to oversee major industrial policies, it will inevitably become a structure that is a hub in name only, lacking actual authority.” In particular, he criticized, “It is difficult to understand why there is an organization directly under the mayor for the semiconductor industry, while there is no corresponding strategic organization in the Eastern region, where key national industries such as steel, petrochemicals, and secondary batteries are concentrated.”
The concentration of departments responsible for environmental and climate change response at the Gwangju Government Complex was also pointed out as a problem. This is because establishing a field-oriented administrative system is essential given the characteristics of the Gwangyang Bay area, which is densely populated with large-scale national industrial complexes such as steel and petrochemicals.
There is an urgent need for a specialized administrative body on the ground in the Gwangyang Bay area capable of comprehensively implementing air and water quality management, greenhouse gas reduction, environmental management of industrial complexes, and the transition to carbon-neutral industries.
Assemblyman Joo stated, “With the Eastern region and Gyeongnam currently pursuing the hosting of COP33 (United Nations Climate Change Conference), we must significantly strengthen climate and environmental policy capabilities centered around the Eastern Government Complex.” The explanation is that a carbon neutrality control tower, responsible for applying the government's National Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target (NDC) to industrial sites and leading the low-carbon transition of the Gwangyang Bay area's industries, should be established at the Eastern Government Complex.
To address this issue, Assemblyman Ju formally proposed the establishment of a "Senior-level (Grade 1) Industrial Innovation Office" within the Eastern Government Complex. The plan envisions this organization overseeing the advancement of the steel, petrochemical, and secondary battery industries; the eco-friendly transition of national industrial complexes; investment attraction and corporate support; and carbon neutrality and responses to COP33.
Assemblyman Ju emphasized, "If industrial facilities and national industrial complexes are concentrated in the Eastern region while the core functions and actual authority for environmental and climate policies are placed elsewhere, it could result in a distorted administrative system where 'industry is the responsibility of the East, but decisions are made elsewhere.' We must not push the Eastern region back to the periphery of administration in the name of integration." He continued by warning, “If the Eastern Government Complex is to be a true industrial and economic hub, it must be accompanied by an organization, authority, and budget commensurate with that status.” He added, “If the first organizational restructuring entrenches a structure that marginalizes the eastern region, the balanced development championed by the Integrated Special City will lose credibility from the very beginning.”
Finally, Assemblyman Ju reiterated his call, stating, “The organizational restructuring of the Integrated Jeonnam-Gwangju Special City must not remain merely a formality to set the stage, but must be reborn as an administrative system that produces tangible results by placing authority and organizations in the right places that match the functions and roles of each region.”
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