National Policy Planning Committee Strongly Criticizes Board of Audit and Inspection for Acting as "Bodyguard of Previous Administration"

Calls for Reflection on "Restoration of Prosecution Investigative Authority" Interpretation by the Ministry of Government Legislation

The National Policy Planning Committee has called on the Board of Audit and Inspection to undertake a "bone-deep" reform.

Hae-Sik Lee, Head of the Political and Administrative Division of the National Policy Planning Committee. Yonhap News

According to the committee on June 20, the Political and Administrative Division received a work report from the Board of Audit and Inspection at the Government Sejong Convention Center the previous day, discussing ways to strengthen the agency's independence and neutrality, as well as measures to improve audit procedures and culture.

Hae-Sik Lee, Head of the Political and Administrative Division of the National Policy Planning Committee, criticized, "Despite the constitutional requirement for the Board of Audit and Inspection to be fully independent and politically neutral as it is responsible for financial audits and official inspections, it acted as a bodyguard for the previous administration, disappointing the public."

He added, "We expect the agency to engage in deep self-reflection with a determination that meets public expectations, and to be reborn as an institution trusted and loved by the people."

Other committee members also demanded that the Board of Audit and Inspection conduct fundamental reflection and self-examination regarding political and targeted audits, and called for the establishment of concrete action plans to address these issues.

The Political and Administrative Division stated that it also urged reflection and self-examination during the subsequent work report from the Ministry of Government Legislation. In particular, it pointed out that the legal review and interpretation of issues such as the establishment of the Police Bureau and the so-called "prosecution investigative authority restoration" executive order during the previous Yoon Suk Yeol administration did not meet public expectations.

Lee stated, "The Ministry of Government Legislation is one of the institutions whose public trust and reputation were damaged due to various controversies during the previous administration," and added, "We hope it will be reborn as an institution trusted and loved by the people in the process of implementing national policy tasks."

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