2024-04-17 07:28:38
Consideration for establishing a new legal chief position without the assessment function
Expectations are high for the establishment of public service discipline in the third year of administration.
野 “Watch closely the intention to control the assessment agency”
The President’s Office, which is planning an organizational reorganization in the wake of the crushing defeat in the April 10 general elections, announced on the 15th, “We are hearing many suggestions and advice that an organization that listens to public opinion, like the Office of Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs, is needed.” This means that they sympathize with the need to strengthen the function of civil administration, which narrows the gap between the president and the people by examining the people’s circumstances and circumstances. While the creation of a Senior Secretary for Legal Affairs (tentative name) or Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs is being discussed in future reorganization, it is known that President Yoon Seok-yeol also agrees with the need to strengthen the civil administration function.
A senior official in the Presidential Office said in a phone call with the Dong-A Ilbo that day, “I am receiving a lot of advice that President Yoon needs an organization like the old Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs to restore the ability to listen to public opinion.” A senior ruling party official said in a phone call, “I understand that President Yoon also feels a realistic need,” and predicted, “The civil administration function will be strengthened in the reorganization of the Presidential Office.”
The former Senior Secretary to the Civil Affairs Office was responsible for public service discipline, overall assessment, personnel verification, and identification of public opinion trends. During the presidential election, President Yoon pledged to abolish the Office of Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs in order to ‘secure the independence of the administrative agencies’ and placed the Secretary for Public Service Discipline and the Secretary for Legal Affairs under the jurisdiction of the Chief of Staff. The Ministry of Justice was also responsible for personnel verification, and only the inspection function was left to Yongsan. It was pointed out that the ability to comprehensively coordinate issues by reporting information on public service discipline, policy coordination, and civil affairs was lacking. In the face of the failure of the Saemangeum Jamboree, the failure to host the World Expo, and the appointment of former ambassador to Australia Lee Jong-seop, it was pointed out that it was necessary to strengthen the civil administration function that would serve as the eyes and ears of the president.
Accordingly, a plan is being discussed to remove the assessment function that President Yoon was concerned about, which could lead to ‘intervention in investigations and abuse of power by the Office of Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs’, and to restore the senior level with a strengthened civil administration function. This is a method of establishing a new Senior Secretary for Legal Affairs or Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs, which is in charge of the Legal Secretary and Secretary for Public Service Discipline, and reinforcing civil affairs functions similar to the old Civil Affairs and Civil Affairs Secretary Office. However, “the civil affairs function can serve as a preliminary step to the evaluative function. It is expected that the President’s Office’s control over the investigation agency will be strengthened, with the point that “it is difficult to talk about civil affairs and affairs (anti-corruption) separately as it is possible to transfer it to an investigative agency when facts of misconduct are detected.”
The President’s Office is also anticipating the effect of establishing public service discipline as he enters his third year in office. President Yoon’s request at his first weekly meeting with the prime minister after losing the general election to “reexamine the working atmosphere and public service discipline of the public service community” is expected to carry even more weight if the Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs system is implemented.
Park Joo-min, senior vice floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, said on the 15th, “In fact, it appears to be a revival of the senior secretary for civil affairs,” adding, “If there is an intention to strengthen control over assessment agencies such as the prosecution, it will completely go against the public will in the general election. “We will be watching closely,” he pointed out.
Reporter Jang Seok-seok [email protected]
Reporter Yoo Chae-yeon [email protected]
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