Prime Minister Han: "Public Officials Should Work with Conviction, Without Fear of Audits"

Prime Minister Han Sung-sook stated on the 14th, "I hope that public officials can work with conviction, without fear of audits," adding, "Going forward, the Cabinet, including myself, and the Board of Audit and Inspection will continue to work together to ensure that proactive administration becomes firmly established as the basic mode of operation across the civil service."

Prime Minister Han Seongsuk (center) is having a luncheon meeting with Kim Ho-chul, Chairperson of the Board of Audit and Inspection (left), and Choi Dong-seok, Director of the Ministry of Personnel Management (right), at the Prime Minister's residence in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 14th. Prime Minister's Office

According to the Office for Government Policy Coordination on this day, Prime Minister Han made these remarks during a lunch meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, with Kim Ho-chul, Chairperson of the Board of Audit and Inspection, Choi Dong-seok, Director of the Ministry of Personnel Management, and Kim Min-jae, Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, among others. The meeting was arranged to discuss effective ways to protect public officials through supportive systems such as the Board of Audit and Inspection’s advance consulting for proactive administration.

Prime Minister Han also thanked Chairperson Kim for shifting the Board of Audit and Inspection’s focus from "post-facto detection and holding public officials accountable" to prioritizing "prevention, problem-solving, and providing alternatives." She said, "I would like ongoing, active support so that front-line civil servants can fully benefit from protection systems such as advance consulting."

To Director Choi and Vice Minister Kim, she also said, "With new measures enacted to exempt public officials from liability through the decisions of the Proactive Administration Committee and the Regulatory Rationalization Committee, please publicize and encourage their use so that they can be applied effectively at both central and local public offices."

Chairperson Kim said, "I hope the public sector will also shift its perspective to see the Board of Audit and Inspection as a partner working together to solve problems, and that they will actively communicate with us."

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