Kwonikwi: "Election Commission Notified 'Investigation Refusal'... Attitude Reversed"

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC), which has launched a full-scale investigation into the National Election Commission (NEC) over allegations of preferential hiring for children, pointed out that "the NEC is refusing to cooperate with on-site investigations and is responding with an uncooperative attitude."

Jeong Seung-yoon, Vice Chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission and head of the Election Commission Recruitment Corruption Investigation Task Force, is giving a briefing urging cooperation for the investigation into recruitment corruption at the Election Commission on the afternoon of the 14th at the Government Complex Annex in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
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On the 14th, Jeong Seung-yoon, the deputy chairman of the ACRC and head of the NEC hiring corruption task force, stated at a press conference at the Government Seoul Office, "This morning, we conducted on-site investigations at the Central NEC and 17 regional NEC offices, but the NEC is refusing to cooperate with the investigation, citing acceptance of the Board of Audit and Inspection's (BAI) audit as the reason."

Deputy Chairman Jeong criticized, "The NEC has completely changed its stance. Was their earlier promise to cooperate with the ACRC investigation merely a shallow trick to evade the BAI audit and deceive the public?"

Previously, the ACRC formed a dedicated task force to investigate seven years of hiring and preferential treatment at the NEC. The task force includes personnel from the National Police Agency and the Ministry of Personnel Management. The total number of investigators is 32.

The NEC, which had been refusing the BAI's performance audit, announced on the 9th that it would partially accept the BAI's audit only regarding the preferential hiring allegations.

Deputy Chairman Jeong said, "The NEC should fully accept the BAI audit and declare that it will permanently abandon the constitutional dispute it filed with the Constitutional Court. Only after that will the ACRC consider whether to accept the NEC's refusal to cooperate with the investigation."

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