Woo Sang-ho, chairman of the Democratic Party’s emergency countermeasures committee, said that a ‘special law’ is needed to make the tenure of the heads of major public institutions coincide with the president’s tenure.
At a press conference at the National Assembly on the 10th, Chairman Woo Sang-ho said, “I understand that the new government wants people who share their promises, policies, and lines to move together by becoming heads of ministries or affiliated organizations. Is it a matter of conducting an audit and mobilizing an investigation agency?” he pointed out.
Chairman Woo Sang-ho said, “Every time there is a change of government, exhaustive debates are repeated. Should the auditor do something like this? Do I have to take the lead in stepping down after a public official with a tenure system?” and “During the Lee Myung-bak administration, KBS president Jeong Yeon-joo resigned due to an audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection. He was acquitted (breaching) in court, but he could not return. The Board of Audit and Inspection does the work for kicking out a specific person, and that’s what it is. The Board of Audit and Inspection was not created to do this.”
Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader of the People’s Power, publicly mentioned Han Sang-hyeok, who was appointed by the Moon Jae-in government, and Jeon Hyeon-hee, who was appointed by the Moon Jae-in government, and pressured him to resign. On the 23rd of last month, the Board of Audit and Inspection began regular audits of the Korea Communications Commission.
Chairman Woo Sang-ho said, “This problem has been repeated. The National Assembly should solve the problem through institutional reform. If an agreement is reached by enacting a special law, the term of office can be extended. If left alone, this problem will arise again every time there is a change of government. “Why don’t we improve the system knowing that it will be repeated?”
Chairman Woo Sang-ho explained the details of the ‘special law’ in an interview with Yonhap News earlier. Chairman Woo Sang-ho mentioned a plan to set the term of office for two years and six months after determining the public officials subject to the application of the special law, to serve two terms in the first half and the second half of his reign.
