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Approved the plenary session of the National Assembly on modifications to the Law of Local Autonomy… Obligation to disclose the content of the concurrent positions of the local councilors
Named as a special city for 4 cities with a population of over 1 million, including Suwon, Gyeonggi-do
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The Ministry of Public Administration and Security announced that the ‘Law of Amendment of All Local Autonomy’ was decided in a plenary session of the National Assembly on the 9th, with the content of expanding the participation of residents, strengthening the capacity of the local councils and ensure accountability, and improve the administrative efficiency of local governments. As a result, the local autonomy law was completely revised in 32 years after the revision in 1988, which became the basis for the large-scale implementation of civil electoral local autonomy.
The entire reform to the Local Autonomy Law consisted of contents aimed at expanding the decentralization of autonomy. The principle of “resident autonomy” was specified in the purpose of the Local Autonomy Law, and the right to participate in decisions and the enforcement of local policies was recently established. In particular, the ‘Resident Ordinance Initiative Act’ based on the Local Self-Government Act was enacted separately so that residents can apply for the legislation, amendment and abolition of council ordinances instead of the group head. It has expanded the range of participation of residents by reducing it from 18 to 18 years.
To avoid an arbitrary distribution of affairs by the central ministries, the principle of distribution of positions between the state and localities and the obligation to comply was also stipulated. In addition, the content and scope of the delegation in the subordinate statutes is restricted or not directly regulated in the matters entrusted to be determined by ordinances by law, thus strengthening the autonomous legislative power of local governments.
The grounds for granting special cases to cities, regions and worms determined by the Minister of Public Administration and Security in accordance with the rules and procedures prescribed by the Presidential Decree in consideration of administrative demand, balanced development and local extinction crisis as cases special in large cities with a population of 1 million or more. It is of recent creation. According to this standard, four cities, including Suwon, Goyang, Yongin and Changwon, Gyeongnam, were given names in special cases.
However, in the case of special cases, it is an administrative name rather than the type of local government, and the use may be restricted to addresses or various public books that require the type of local government to be specified by individual laws. Added an opinion from the Administrative Security Committee of the National Assembly that there should be no special cases that lead to a decrease in the financial resources of the organization.
The revised bill also proactively discloses local government information, such as the results of local council votes, legislative activities, and the organization and finances of executive agencies, to residents, and establishes a system of disclosure of information to improve the accessibility of resident information. In addition, it is mandatory to establish a special ethics committee to avoid disciplinary action with a cotton bat wrapped around my family and to enhance the ethics and accountability of local councils, and a composite ethics review advisory committee is established by private members to discuss disciplinary actions against legislators. At this time, it was mandatory to collect opinions.
To prevent local councilors from making unfair gains through their duties, controversial regulations on banning concurrent employment were made more concrete and details of concurrent employment were made public even if they were allowed.
The revised Local Autonomy Law will enter into force one year after its promulgation, and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security plans to make comprehensive preparations for the promulgation and amendment of subordinate laws, such as related laws and presidential decrees, so that the law can be enforce without interruption.
Public Administration and Security Minister Jin-young said: “The complete revision of the Local Self-Government Law is a big change in 32 years.”Since a new electricity has been prepared for the revolutionary decentralization of autonomy, I hope it will serve as an opportunity for the lives of residents to really unfold through local creative innovation based on autonomy and responsibility.
Journalist Jo In-kyung [email protected]
