▲ 대전동구의회 제274회 임시회 개회식 사진    ©동구의회

대전 동구의회가 13일 제274회 임시회 2차 본회의를 열고 동구청장이 제출한 예산안 가운데 동구 글로벌아카데미 관련 예산 등 8억 2000만 원을 삭감처리했다.

동구의회는 이날 회의에서 글로벌아카데미 관련 예산이 삭감된 7663억 8000만원을 최종 의결했다. 

박희조 대전 동구청장이 저소득층을 위한 사업이라며 야심차게 추진했던 사업 예산이 의회 문턱을 넘지 못하면서 박 청장이 난감한 처지에 놓이게 됐다.

박 청장이 난감한 처지에 놓이게 된 데에는 삭감된 예산을 본의회 때 살리자고 함께 촉구했던 같은 당 소속 국민의힘 구의원들이 관련예산 삭감에 동참 하면서 이날 예산안은 표결없이 삭감 처리됐다.

대전 동구는 이번 추경에서 글로벌아카데미 설립 실시설계 용역 4억 5000만원과 글로벌아카데미 설립 추진에 따른 구문화원·구체육회 등 이전 실시설계 용역 3억 7000만원 등 8억 2000만원이 모두 삭감돼 사업 추진에 제동이 걸렸다.

전날 박희조 청장과 박철용 동구의회 국민의힘 원내대표는 각각 기자간담회를 열고 민주당 의원들의 공약 예산 발목 잡기 중단을 촉구했었다.

박희조 동구청장은 전날 시청 기자실을 찾아 "글로벌아카데미 설립은 동서 교육 격차 해소와 학부모 사교육비 경감을 목적으로 민선8기 출범부터 심혈을 기울여온 사업"이라며 "의회에서도 정당을 떠나 오직 아이들만을 생각하면서 추경안이 처리될 수 있도록 적극적인 협조를 바란다"고 말했다.

박철용 동구의회 국민의힘 원내대표도 전날 시의회 기자실에서 기자회견을 갖고 "구의회 국민의힘 의원 일동은 민주당 의원들이 구민 삶이 담긴 예산안을 정치적으로 이용하는 행위를 강력하게 비판한다"며 "동서 교육 격차 해소라는 대의를 잊지 말고, 오직 구민을 위한 길이 무엇인가를 생각하며 합리적으로 판단할 것을 요청한다"고 말했다.

하지만 본회의에서 글로벌 아카데미 관련 예산을 살리기 위해 표 대결로 갈 것이라는 예상을 깨고 관련 예산이 빠진 수정안은 여야 모두 이의 없이 일사천리로 진행됐다.

민주당 의원들이 발목을 잡은게 아니라 국민의힘 의원들이 발목을 잡으면서 관련 사업 추진에 차질을 빚게됐다.

여야 5대 5 동수라는 상황에서 예산안을 통과시키기 위한 국민의힘 의원들이 실리를 챙겼다고 볼 수 있지만 글로벌 아카데미 관련 사업은 더욱 힘들게 됐다는 평이다.

정치권의 한 관계자는 "지난해 본 예산이 부결되면서 준예산 사태까지 갈 뻔했기 때문에 글로벌 예산을 끝까지 가기는 힘들었을 것"이라며 "국민의힘 의원들이 글로벌 아카데미 예산을 쉽게 포기한 것 때문에 앞으로도 관련 예산을 세우기는 쉽지 않을 것"이라고 말했다.

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A dagger was pointed at the Daejeon Dong-gu Council and the head of the same party...

The budget for ‘establishing a global academy’ was cut due to non-cooperation of People Power Party lawmakers...

Daejeon Dong-gu Council held the second plenary session of the 274th extraordinary session on the 13th and cut 820 million won, including the budget related to the Dong-gu Global Academy, from the budget submitted by the Dong-gu mayor.

At the meeting on this day, the Eastern District Council finally decided to reduce the budget related to the Global Academy to 766.38 billion won.

Daejeon Dong-gu District Office Director Park Hee-jo found himself in an awkward position as the budget for an ambitious project he had promoted, claiming it was for the low-income class, failed to pass the threshold of the National Assembly.

Commissioner Park was put in an awkward position because district council members of the People Power Party belonging to the same party, who had together called for reviving the cut budget during the plenary session, joined in cutting the related budget, and the budget bill was cut without a vote on that day.

In Daejeon Dong-gu, 820 million won was cut in this supplementary budget, including 450 million won for detailed design services for the establishment of the Global Academy and 370 million won for detailed design services for relocating the district cultural center and district sports council in accordance with the promotion of the establishment of the Global Academy, putting a brake on project promotion. It took this.

The day before, Commissioner Park Hee-jo and Park Cheol-yong, floor leader of the People Power Party of the Eastern District Council, each held a press conference and urged Democratic Party members to stop holding back their budget pledges.

Dong-gu Mayor Park Hee-jo visited the press room at City Hall the day before and said, "The establishment of the Global Academy is a project that we have put a lot of effort into since the launch of the 8th popular election with the purpose of narrowing the gap in education between East and West and reducing parents' private education expenses." “We ask for your active cooperation to make this happen,” he said.

Park Cheol-yong, floor leader of the People Power Party of the Eastern District Council, also held a press conference at the press room of the city council the previous day and said, “All members of the People Power Party of the District Council strongly criticize the Democratic Party members’ political use of the budget plan, which contains the lives of residents,” and added, “The goal is to resolve the gap in education between East and West.” “We ask that you not forget the great cause and make a rational decision by thinking only about what is the best path for the residents,” he said.

However, contrary to expectations that the plenary session would lead to a vote competition to save the budget related to the Global Academy, the amendment that omitted the related budget was carried out smoothly without any objection from both the ruling and opposition parties.

It was not the Democratic Party lawmakers who were holding back, but the People Power Party lawmakers, causing a setback in the promotion of related projects.

In a situation where the ruling and opposition parties are tied at 5 to 5, it can be said that the People Power Party lawmakers took practical advantage of passing the budget bill, but it is said that projects related to the global academy have become more difficult.

An official in the political world said, "It would have been difficult to go all the way through the global budget because last year's budget was rejected and almost led to a sub-budget situation," and "Because People Power Party lawmakers easily gave up on the global academy budget, it is difficult to establish a related budget in the future." “It won’t be easy,” he said.