Gyeonggi-do to Conduct Comprehensive Audit of Gunpo City Focusing on Delegated Tasks Until May 14

Gyeonggi Province will conduct a comprehensive audit of Gunpo City from the 17th of this month until the 14th of next month.

Gyeonggi Province plans to increase audit acceptance and satisfaction by adhering to the newly revised audit manual and communicating and consulting with the audited institutions.

Additionally, from the initiation to the completion stages of the audit, various external experts such as citizen auditors will be involved to enhance objectivity and fairness.

To guarantee the autonomy of cities and counties, Gyeonggi Province will focus audits on delegated tasks stipulated by laws or those funded by the national or Gyeonggi Province budgets, while audits on autonomous tasks will only be conducted if there is suspicion of illegality based on reports or media coverage.

Starting with this audit, the audit team leader and citizen auditors will directly receive reports, and a public audit window banner will be installed on Gunpo City's website. Furthermore, materials received through various channels such as complaint investigations and public interest reports will be actively utilized in the audit.

To ensure whistleblowers face no disadvantages, reports will be handled anonymously, and the contents will be thoroughly verified to meet the expectations of the citizens.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

The subjects of reports include various inconveniences experienced by citizens, illegal or improper acts by public officials, corruption by public officials, fraudulent claims on public finances, and illegal operations. However, matters involved in investigations or trials, issues that may infringe on private rights or privacy, and matters audited or currently under audit by other institutions are excluded.

Moreover, if public officials of the audited institution voluntarily report their own mistakes during the audit period, penalties will be reduced or leniency granted as much as possible.

Minor mistakes made by public officials in the process of sincerely performing their duties for the public interest will also be boldly exempted from penalties.

Lee Hee-wan, the Chief Audit Officer of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "We will actively reflect citizen reports and citizen auditors’ opinions to protect citizens’ rights and interests, and by enhancing the credibility of audit dispositions and the satisfaction of audited institutions, we will increase audit acceptance so that citizens can feel the effects of the audit."

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