People Power Party's Jo Myeong-hee Opens 'National Audit Public Reporting Center'... Accepting Reports on Corruption and Malfeasance

Jo Myung-hee, a member of the People Power Party serving on the National Assembly's Steering Committee and the Health and Welfare Committee (proportional representation), announced on the 3rd that she has opened the "2023 National Assembly Audit Public Reporting Center" to prepare for the "2023 National Assembly Audit."

People Power Party lawmaker Jo Myeong-hui

On the 1st, Jo Myung-hee's office opened the reporting center and stated that it will accept reports on incidents and misconduct related to the supervisory institutions under the standing committees to which Jo belongs: the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (all under the Health and Welfare Committee), as well as the National Security Office, the Presidential Secretariat, and the National Assembly Secretariat (all under the Steering Committee). The reports may cover all types of issues including corruption, budget waste, damage cases, various irregularities, and legal deficiencies.

Jo Myung-hee of the People Power Party was selected as an "Outstanding Member of the 2022 National Assembly Audit" by Cookie News last year, receiving high evaluations in areas such as addressing public livelihood issues, approaching public interest, proposing policy alternatives, contributing to resolving current issues, and conducting in-depth inquiries into the public's right to know.

At that time, Jo Myung-hee pointed out problems such as "the deepening regional medical imbalance and disparities in national and public daycare centers during the Moon Jae-in administration," "the collapse of essential medical and long-term care institutions due to unfair policies," and "the serious welfare blind spots affecting socially vulnerable groups," and proposed policy alternatives.

During last year's National Assembly audit, Jo Myung-hee highlighted that the utilization rate of local national and public daycare centers was about 20%, only half of Seoul's 49.8%. She also investigated the causes of the increasing reluctance to apply for pediatric and obstetrics residency programs, urging the normalization of essential medical fees for fair negotiations and the establishment of standardized rehabilitation medical care. For these contributions, she was awarded the "2022 National Assembly Audit Public Interest Award" by the National Assembly Audit NGO Monitor Group.

Last month, at the Health and Welfare Committee's plenary session, Jo Myung-hee questioned issues such as the rampant unauthorized medical practices, the lack of detailed statistics and management systems for mental illness patients, and the status of malaria prevention, urging the relevant institutions to take measures. In the same month, at the Steering Committee's plenary session, she criticized the National Human Rights Commission for its biased decision regarding complaints about human rights violations related to North Korea incidents during the Moon administration.

She also inspected the National Assembly Secretariat's preparedness against indiscriminate terrorism and urged the Presidential Secretariat to effectively disseminate the "scientific truth" about the Fukushima contaminated water discharge.

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