Former County Councilor Kim Chunsuk's Fierce Criticism of Changnyeong County 2023 Personnel Moves... "Special Recruitment of Former Colleague at Grade 5 Disrespects Residents"

Hadong County Governor Candidate Claims Hiring of Public Officials with Annual Salary of 50 Million Won

Gyeongnam Changnyeong-gun appointed Mr. A to a Grade 5 special recruitment position. / Photo by Kim Wook assa113@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Wook] Kim Bu-young, the governor of Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongnam, is causing a stir throughout the county with the news of the special hiring of former provincial assembly member A, who was a colleague during his time as a provincial assembly member and ran as a candidate for Hadong-gun governor, as a Grade 5 section chief-level planning officer, and the appointment of the head of the county Agricultural Technology Center as a section chief.

The county announced on the 27th in the regular personnel appointment that Mr. A would be appointed as a ‘Local Specialist Term Appointment Level Na (equivalent to Grade 5) to work as the Planning and Budget Officer for one year.’

In response to this news, former county council member Kim Chun-seok and some residents criticized, “There are many unemployed people in Changnyeong, so why was someone with no connection to Changnyeong, who once ran as a candidate for another county’s governor, specially hired as a section chief with an annual salary of 50 million won?” and asked, “Is this a reward for helping during the election?”

The county personnel officer stated, “The governor can appoint two policy advisors (Grade 5 and Grade 6) according to regulations, so there is no problem,” but did not disclose the reason for the special hiring.

Thus, since Governor Kim’s inauguration, the so-called ‘Eogong’?a term referring to political appointees who somehow became public officials?has increased by one person at Grade 5 following one at Grade 6, resulting in an annual budget of about 100 million won for salaries.

A post by former Changnyeong County Council member Kim Chun-seok on a certain band. / Photo by Kim Wook, assa113@

A former assembly member A Mo, who served with Governor Kim and former assembly member A during the 9th provincial assembly, hinted, “The two are close friends in the provincial council.” A staff member of Kim Bu-young’s election campaign recalled, “I only know that he came and went to the campaign office as a friend of the candidate.”

Former county council member Kim criticized on the ‘Namji People’ band, “Suddenly appointing a former provincial assembly member from Hadong-gun, who is not even from Changnyeong, as a Grade 5 special hire on the pretext of helping during the election is an act that mocks the people of Changnyeong and hurts their pride.”

Kim said, “Appointing the head of the Rural Technology Center, who has no fault, as a section chief is effectively a demotion, and appointing someone to a lower rank than their current position is a seriously wrong personnel decision,” and questioned, “I want to ask if this is the kind of administration that promised to ‘reform Changnyeong’ during the election period.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.