Gyeonggi-do Immediately Suspends and Restricts Promotion of Public Officials Involved in Misconduct Such as Drunkenness, Sexual Crimes, and Bribery

Gyeonggi Provincial Government Gwanggyo New Office Building

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will implement strong personnel measures such as immediate suspension and promotion restrictions for public officials involved in misconduct, including drunk driving. The province also plans to actively promote the establishment of public service discipline by operating a dedicated inspection system for each institution and expanding integrity education.

On the 21st, Gyeonggi Province announced that it has established a "Public Officials Discipline Establishment Promotion Plan," which includes strict measures against misconduct that undermines the social trust of public officials, such as sexual crimes, acceptance of money and entertainment, and abuse of power, and distributed it to the province and affiliated public institutions. The province explained that these measures aim to restore social trust in public officials and raise awareness of integrity.

First, the province will strictly punish public officials involved in the three major misconducts?drunk driving, sexual crimes, and acceptance of money and entertainment?as well as abuse of power and improper receipt of overtime pay, regardless of the circumstances, by strengthening non-tolerance personnel disciplinary actions and penalties.

For key misconducts, the province will require disciplinary decisions with the highest level of penalty, immediately transfer, separate, or suspend the officials involved depending on the case, and formalize the continuous management of disciplinary records to restrict promotions. Additionally, those disciplined for the three major misconducts will not receive vacation points for three years and will face restrictions on performance bonuses and various incentives.

Alongside this, the province and public institutions will operate a dedicated inspection system for each institution to continuously monitor major issues and social concerns, and if misconduct occurs, cases will be disseminated through websites, media, and text messages sent to all employees.

The results of major misconduct cases will be regularly disclosed through meetings such as those of department heads, based on diagnoses and recommendations from an audit advisory committee composed of residents and external experts, to raise awareness against corruption.

For special and fixed-term public officials who have had fewer opportunities for integrity education, the province will conduct "New Employee Initial Integrity Education" within one month of appointment to prevent misconduct in advance.

Furthermore, the integrity education course, which has been operated as a single subject within the general education curriculum, will be newly established as a standalone course, with mandatory completion upon promotion, and education will be promoted throughout the public service lifecycle from new appointment to retirement.

In addition, to prevent misconduct, the province plans to hold regular meetings with public institutions and labor unions, conduct biannual campaigns to improve awareness of the three major misconducts, and carry out various activities such as integrity talks and quiz competitions.

Choi Eun-soon, the province’s auditor, emphasized, "We will do our best to prevent any further public official misconduct," adding, "Misconducting officials will be strictly punished regardless of their position, and we will make integrity education a routine for all public officials to raise awareness and focus on prevention."

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