Seoul Jung-gu Office and Jung-gu Council Conflict Escalates Again... Friction Over Council Executive's Unilateral Personnel Move

Seoul Jung-gu Office Unilaterally Appoints Jung-gu Council's Legislative Affairs Chief and Team Leaders on the 7th...Council Strongly Opposes

Junggu Council Regular Meeting. Chairman Jo Young-hoon is presiding over the session.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] When will the conflict between Jung-gu District Office in Seoul (District Mayor Seoyangho) and the Jung-gu Council (Chairman Joyounghoon) be resolved?

District Mayor Seoyangho of Jung-gu, Seoul, is drawing attention as he creates conflict again with Chairman Joyounghoon of the Jung-gu Council through personnel appointments.

On the 7th, it was reported that Mayor Seo unilaterally made personnel changes involving four people, including the council's office manager and three team leaders, without consulting the council.

In response, Chairman Joyounghoon and the council criticized, "Mayor Seo unilaterally made personnel appointments for council staff at the beginning of his term, and now, at the end of his term, he is repeating the same behavior."

The Jung-gu Council, having noticed these signs, stated through an official document on the 6th, "Personnel appointments for council staff cannot be made unilaterally. This is absolutely unacceptable."

Nevertheless, as expected, the unilateral personnel appointments were carried out on the 7th, causing great agitation for Chairman Jo and the council.

Accordingly, on the 8th, Chairman Jo and the council members are expected to meet to devise future countermeasures.

When Seoul district mayors make personnel appointments for council staff, it is customary to proceed through prior consultation, but Mayor Seoyangho ignored this, leading to strong opposition from the council.

Since taking office as the 7th-term mayor of Jung-gu, Mayor Seo has had conflicts with Chairman Jo, prompting the Democratic Party Seoul City Committee (Chairman Congressman Ahn Gyu-baek) to call both for a hearing and warn that disciplinary action would be taken if reconciliation was not achieved, which eventually led to reconciliation.

However, a complete reconciliation between the two has not been achieved since, causing conflicts over budget and other matters.

Amid this, such incidents have continued until the end of the 7th term, leading those involved to express regret, saying it is "unfortunate."

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