Minseon 7th Term Sancheong County Mayor Lee Jae-geun Achieves Top Grade 1 in Integrity Comprehensive Evaluation... The Only One Nationwide

No Deduction Factors Such as Corruption or Trustworthiness Issues Draw Attention

Sancheong County Office Signstone

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 13th that it was the only institution among 226 basic local governments (cities, counties, districts) nationwide to be selected as a Grade 1 institution in the ‘2021 Public Institution Integrity’ evaluation.

According to the 2021 public institution integrity measurement results announced by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, Sancheong-gun rose one grade from Grade 2 in overall integrity last year to Grade 1 this year.

The internal and external integrity indices showed that last year, external integrity was Grade 2 and internal integrity was Grade 4, while this year external integrity remained at Grade 2 and internal integrity rose to Grade 2, an increase of two grades in internal integrity.

Sancheong-gun maintained a high rank of Grade 2 in overall integrity for the past three years and achieved Grade 1 in overall integrity for the first time during the 7th local government term this year.

This year, Sancheong-gun’s overall integrity score was 8.60 out of 10, higher than the average score of 8.27 for all institutions, and increased by 0.38 points from 8.22 last year.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission measured integrity for one year from July 2020 to June 2021 targeting 592 public institutions including 18 cities and counties in the province.

Public institutions that recorded Grade 1 this year include eight places such as Sancheong-gun in Gyeongnam, Statistics Korea, the Ministry of Government Legislation, Saemangeum Development Authority, Chungcheongbuk-do, National Health Insurance Service, Korea Technology Finance Corporation, and Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials.

The county received uniformly high scores in all areas including integrity level, external integrity analysis, and internal integrity analysis. It is also noteworthy that no deductions occurred due to corruption incidents or trustworthiness issues.

Lee Jae-geun, Mayor of Sancheong-gun, said, “Sancheong-gun has been called ‘Samcheong,’ meaning the land of three purity: Sancheong for its green mountains, Sucheong for its clear water, and Incheong for its good-hearted people. This evaluation result is the outcome of all employees recognizing that integrity is a fundamental virtue and duty of public officials and working together. We will continue to promote various integrity policies to establish a corruption-free and clean public service culture.”

Meanwhile, Sancheong-gun has focused on complying with public ethics such as the Anti-Graft Act and the Code of Conduct for Public Officials and has been conducting employee education to establish a clean public service culture.

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