Andong Mayor Kwon Ki-chang: "Public Officials Must Be Clean to Gain Citizens' Trust"... Held Integrity Executive Meeting

On the 15th, Andong City in Gyeongbuk held the '2023 Andong City Integrity Executive Meeting' at City Hall, attended by Mayor Kwon Ki-chang and about 80 senior officials, to establish special measures for fostering a culture of integrity.

At the Integrity Executive Meeting, focused discussions were held on the effective operation of anti-corruption and integrity policies and ways to improve overall integrity based on the 2022 comprehensive integrity evaluation results of public institutions.

Kwon Ki-chang, Mayor of Andong

Presiding over the meeting, Mayor Kwon emphasized the need for innovative integrity awareness among public officials to gain citizens' trust, and the attending senior officials agreed to make every effort to create a fair, impartial, and transparent public service culture befitting Andong, the capital of Korean spiritual culture.

Following this, all senior officials raised integrity slogans and reaffirmed their commitment as leaders in spreading integrity awareness.

This year, Andong City plans to make every effort to establish an anti-corruption integrity culture by continuously implementing various policies such as operating Integrity Citizen Auditors, conducting on-site integrity outreach meetings, establishing the Red Whistle anonymous reporting system, and carrying out integrity campaigns for the holidays, aiming to achieve a Grade 1 comprehensive integrity rating in 2023.

Mayor Kwon Ki-chang of Andong stated, “The role and interest of senior officials are most important for establishing a culture of integrity,” and urged, “With a mindset of complete reform, please make your best efforts to eradicate improper solicitations and corruption and to be recognized by citizens through fair work processing.”

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