[New Year's Message] Eunjeong Park, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, "The Last Bastion for Resolving Public Grievances"

Eunjung Park, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. / Photo by Honam Moon munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Park Eun-jung, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, issued a New Year's message on the 2nd, stating, "We must once again remember that the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission is the last bastion where our citizens knock on the door to resolve their grievances."

Chairperson Park said that over the past three years, the Commission has steadily promoted anti-corruption and integrity policies. She emphasized that they can take pride in having resolved numerous grievance complaints and administrative litigation cases, providing a glimmer of hope to the public.

She cited the establishment of strict hiring procedures through special inspections and comprehensive surveys of public institution recruitment practices, which resulted in the relief of over 3,200 victims.

She also mentioned that they inspected whether there were any cases of improper overseas business trip support from supervised agencies and eradicated wrongful practices. Issues such as corruption and public interest reporting, which had become social topics, were handled within the framework of regulations and common sense.

Chairperson Park said, "However, I believe that the responsibilities entrusted to our Commission by the people do not decrease with diligent work but rather increase," adding, "Because those responsibilities contribute to building a nation worthy of its name."

She continued, "Therefore, the road ahead is long and the tasks are numerous," and said, "This year as well, corruption and unfairness in various parts of society, collective conflicts, frequent complaints, administrative litigation cases, and inconveniences in citizens' daily lives will continuously challenge us."

She urged that this year’s work be conducted fairly and with integrity, recalling once again the words of Dasan Jeong Yak-yong: "I will devote all my sincerity to fairness and integrity (公廉願效誠)."

She also did not forget to ask for efforts to spread a culture of integrity and fairness in both the public sector and private domains.

Chairperson Park said, "Let us wisely and effectively carry out the challenging tasks one by one, such as improving unfair systems like opportunity barriers, enacting the 'Public Officials Conflict of Interest Prevention Act' for fair job performance, and providing strong protection for whistleblowers of corruption and public interest," emphasizing, "Please prepare well so that the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) can spread the results of these efforts worldwide and serve as an opportunity to share experiences from other countries."

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