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Incheon International Airport Corporation Chairman Koo Bon-hwan announced on the 16th that he was under pressure from a senior official from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. President Koo held a press conference that day and said, “I was interviewed by a senior official from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation in Seoul City in early September, and they suddenly asked me to resign. I asked him why I had to go, so I didn’t tell them why. ” The Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure and Transportation recently submitted a proposal to remove President Koo to the Steering Committee of Public Organizations of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and the committee plans to deliberate on the proposal on the 24th.
◇ “When I refused to resign, I did not post the dismissal after a week”
President Koo Bon-hwan made a detailed announcement about the termination proposal. He said: “I did not explain what was so urgent and why I should resign, and (after the interview), I immediately presented a dismissal proposal to the Steering Committee of Public Institutions,” he said. I was very dissatisfied with that, ”he said. He said, “I don’t want to sound dissatisfied or rebellious against the government,” he said, but said: “According to the judgment of the law firm (that I commissioned), it is unfair to resolve the dismissal in this way.” “If he is fired, we will review the legal process and respond,” he said.
President Koo said in a phone call after a press conference that “officials from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation did not convey the intention that they want to resign from the Blue House,” he said. “If possible, it would be better not to talk about the Blue House.” He said: “I have been a bureaucrat for a long time. The good should be said that the Blue House did it, and the bad should be said that the Blue House did not.
◇ “I tried to make it reasonable”
Some say that the process of converting non-regular workers to regular workers at Incheon International Airport, contrary to the intentions of the Blue House or the Ministry of Lands, did not go smoothly, and the so-called ‘People’s Incident ‘occurred against the backdrop of the dismissal. In the process of converting more than 1,900 non-regular safety inspectors into regular workers in June last year, the government is trying to hold Koo accountable for the “popular controversy.” Incheon Airport was a place where President Moon Jae-in visited immediately after taking office in 2017 and declared a zero (0) policy for non-regular workers in the public sector, for which complaints were raised that special treatment would be provided. At the time, there was a strong reaction from those who were preparing for the job, saying it was “unfair” and it became a social problem, but there is a saying around the Incheon International Airport Corporation that it will be driven by the responsibility of a president.
At a press conference that day, President Koo said, “It is true that we have made progress in accordance with the original plan of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Blue House, but it is being delayed due to the humanitarian situation.” .
Some observers have noted that there was a problem with the contract for the Sky72 golf course site on Yeongjong Island, Incheon, where the contract expires at the end of this year, as Chairman Koo announced that he would re-select a commercial operator through a bidding method. Existing operators insist the contract should be extended because the extension of the Incheon airport runway has been postponed, but Chairman Koo is creating friction because it is a position that must be decided again according to principle. “There are many sayings that we need to extend the contract with the existing commercial operator, but it is correct to decide on a new one according to the principle. I told the staff that it could be a problem if I go to a hearing in the next regime. “The Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure and Transportation only said that an audit was being conducted for the issuance of the 200,000 won corporate card and the controversy over the personnel conflict, which President Koo used a year ago.
◇ Does the truth game happen on dismissal?
It is unusual for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to request the dismissal, as President Koo is a former official of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport who served as the head of the aviation policy office (Level 1). He was involved in acts of corruption or did not disclose any serious errors. Chairman Koo’s term is until April 2022. Since Incheon International Airport Corporation received a rating of ‘Good (B)’ in the ‘2019 Management Performance Review’, there is no major issue in the performance of the management. Four of the public companies under the Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure and Transport received the lowest ratings of normal (C) and deficient (D). The dismissal of the head of a public corporation goes through the procedure of recommending the dismissal to the President through the Steering Committee of Public Institutions of the Ministry of Information and Transportation when there are reasons such as the faithful breach of his functions. In this process, it is observed that there is a possibility that Koo will make a remarkable comment.
