제주특별자치도 주민자치 연구

Abstract

The government enacted the Jeju Special Act to establish Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, which aims to guarantee a high degree of autonomy. However, residents autonomy is evaluated as having regressed rather than before the enactment of the Jeju Special Act. So, the reinforcement of resident autonomy is required. This study first looked at residents autonomy in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and residents autonomy at the national level. Second, it looked at two Jeju-type residents autonomy advancement models made at the level of grass-roots in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. The two models are the “Jeju-type Eup, Myeon, and Dong Autonomy Plan” of the Provincial Residents Autonomy Committee Council(2018) and “Jeju-type Eup, Myeon, and Dong Autonomy Model” of the Jeju Civil Assembly(2020). Third, it looked at Article 45 of the Jeju Special Act amendment to introduce residents autonomy council among the seventh stage system improvement plans of the Jeju Special Act. Unfortunately, it is quite insufficient to realize residents autonomy that meets the purpose of the Jeju Special Act to guarantee a high degree of autonomy. Therefore, the Jeju Special Act must be amended as follows. ⅰ) Basic standards and procedures for forming the residents autonomy council should be established. ⅱ) All residents should be able to become members of the residents autonomy council. ⅲ) Legal personality must be granted to the residents autonomy council. ⅳ) Regulations on the institutions of the residents autonomy council, such as the residents' assembly, should be established. ⅴ) Autonomy to handle autonomous affairs should be granted to the residents autonomy council. In this regard, it is also necessary to actively consider the way of granting juridical qualifications to eups, myeons and dongs themselves. Fourth, the revision bill of the Autonomy Ordinance prepared by the Provincial Residents Autonomy Committee Council on November 25, 2020 was examined. A residents' assembly may be held by the autonomy ordinance without the basis of the law. In this case, the resident autonomy committee can establish an autonomy plan and hold a residents’ assembly. In addition, on the premise that the residents autonomy committee becomes the operating the residents autonomy center, it is desirable to stipulate that the residents autonomy center is entrusted with the affairs of the provincial governor.