Seoul City Council's First Day of Administrative Audit Abruptly Canceled...Council Members Express "Kim Is All Washed Up" Dissatisfaction

Seoul City Council Members Express Concerns Over Disrupted Plans to Point Out Departmental Execution Issues During Seoul City Administrative Audit

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] “Seoul Metropolitan Council ruined the last administrative audit of the year”

On the afternoon of the 3rd, a member of the Seoul Metropolitan Council expressed dissatisfaction as the first day of the administrative audit was scheduled to proceed, but was abruptly canceled due to a Seoul city correspondent testing positive for COVID-19 and having contact with some executives.

The Seoul city council members planned to take advantage of the opportunity to point out issues through an audit of the administration conducted over the past year, focusing on major departments of Seoul city that afternoon.

However, one Seoul city correspondent was confirmed positive for COVID-19, and since a briefing session on the “2021 Seoul City Budget” was held the previous day at the Seoul City Hall briefing room, executives who participated had contact with council members, leading to the sudden cancellation of the administrative audit.

Accordingly, the Seoul Metropolitan Council, including Chairman Kim In-ho, the executive branch, and all staff, left work early.

As a result, some council members expressed regret, saying, “We urged thorough quarantine measures for the city council at the last full meeting of the Steering Committee, but this is the outcome.”

A Seoul Metropolitan Council official explained, “The measures taken that day were handled in accordance with quarantine guidelines in consultation with Park Yu-mi, Director of the Citizens’ Health Bureau of Seoul, and were decided after prior consultation with Chairman Kim,” emphasizing the inevitability of the decision.

Meanwhile, last month, a senior specialist of the Planning and Economy Committee of the Seoul Metropolitan Council was confirmed positive for COVID-19, leading to a day off and working from home.

Therefore, it is being pointed out that the Seoul Metropolitan Council needs to prepare even more thoroughly for COVID-19 quarantine measures.

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