Gwangyang City Council Receives 'Grade 2' in Integrity Commission's Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Gwangyang City Council announced that it received a grade 2 in the local council integrity evaluation announced by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission on the 17th, ranking among the top.

The local council integrity is comprehensively evaluated by experts including local council and local government council officials, as well as economic and social organizations, based on survey results from local residents regarding council operations, anti-corruption efforts, and the occurrence status of corruption cases.

Small-scale basic councils with populations under 200,000 were included in the measurement for the first time this year.

According to the announcement by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, the local council integrity score rose by 0.5 points from the previous year to 6.73 points, which is significantly lower than this year's 'public institution integrity score of 8.27' announced on the 9th.

The government stated, "There is a need to actively promote anti-corruption policies to improve this."

Gwangyang City Council conducts integrity education annually for its council members and uses the council members' code of ethics as a guideline for legislative activities, making active efforts.

In this evaluation, within Jeollanam-do, Jeollanam-do Council received a comprehensive integrity grade 2, and Yeosu City Council received a grade 4.

Chairman Jin Su-hwa said, "The most fundamental quality of our council members elected by the citizens' choice is integrity." He added, "We will not be satisfied with grade 2 and will do our best to achieve grade 1 next year as a trusted and honest council."

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