Incheon City Announces Amendment to Resident Audit Request Ordinance... Request Age Lowered from 19 to 18

Incheon City Hall

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Next year, the age for filing a resident audit request in Incheon will be lowered from 19 to 18.

Incheon City announced on the 18th that it has promulgated the "Partial Amendment to the Ordinance on Resident Audit Requests in Incheon," which includes legal grounds such as easing the age criteria for resident audit requests, following the revision of the Local Autonomy Act in January this year.

Accordingly, when the resident audit request ordinance takes effect on January 13 next year, the age requirement for filing a request will be lowered from 19 to 18, and audit requests will be possible with signatures from a solidarity of 300 or more residents.

Additionally, the filing deadline will be extended from 2 years to 3 years from the date the relevant administrative task was carried out or completed.

The resident audit request system is a remedy for residents whose rights and interests have been infringed due to illegal or unjust administrative dispositions or unreasonable administrative systems. With the amendment of the ordinance, active citizen participation is expected to enable monitoring of city administration from the citizens' perspective and protection of citizens' rights and interests.

The city plans to actively promote the ordinance amendment and the establishment of the resident audit request system before its implementation, in cooperation with each district and county.

Kim Insu, Auditor of Incheon City, stated, "With the lowering of the resident audit request age and the easing of the filing period, we will actively operate the system as a remedy for citizens whose rights and interests have been infringed."

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