[단독]90 vacant positions for public establishment heads… “Unsuccessful candidates lined up”

Suspension of personnel appointments for heads of public establishments resulting from normal elections, and so forth.
Presidential Workplace, simultaneous verification in progress
Funding Company CEO’s annual wage is 380.33 million gained
Issues over ‘rewarding parachutes’ with out verification of experience

It’s identified that the President’s Workplace is conducting simultaneous verification of personnel appointments for heads of public establishments, which had been halted with the April 10 normal elections in thoughts. It was confirmed that among the many 327 public establishments, 90 have both already ended their time period of workplace as heads of the establishment or have their phrases expiring within the first half of the 12 months (January to June). Within the ruling get together, there’s an remark that “after the overall election, the sphere for the appointment of heads of public establishments has tremendously opened,” and that “there’s a excessive chance that those that misplaced or did not win the overall election shall be appointed as parachute personnel for Boeunseong.”

A high-ranking ruling get together official mentioned on the 14th, “I perceive that simultaneous verification is being performed within the President’s Workplace for personnel appointments to heads of public establishments,” and added, “Work on personnel issues for public establishments, which had been suspended to a sure extent earlier than the overall election to remember the failures and losers, is now in full swing.” “It has been resumed,” he mentioned. There’s additionally an evaluation that the presidential workplace’s political calculations are behind the personnel course of for heads of public establishments after the overall election. It’s assessed that the ruling get together, which suffered a crushing defeat within the normal election, is utilizing the appointment of heads of public establishments as leverage to cut back the agitation and public opposition of those that misplaced or had been defeated.

Because of Dong-A Ilbo’s complete evaluation of Alio, a public establishment administration data disclosure system, it was discovered that among the many 327 public establishments designated by the Ministry of Technique and Finance in January of this 12 months, 78 had already accomplished their time period of workplace as heads of establishments, and 12 had been scheduled to run out within the first half of this 12 months. The president of the Korea Funding Company (KIC), whose time period expires on the seventeenth of this month, acquired the very best annual wage of 380.33 million gained (as of final 12 months) amongst 90 corporations, and figures within the ruling get together are keeping track of the corporate, calling it a ‘positive cash establishment.’ Korea East-West Energy (president’s annual wage is 190.67 million gained), a public energy technology firm below the Ministry of Commerce, Business and Power, can also be anticipated to nominate a successor as the present president’s time period expires on the finish of April. Within the ruling get together, Rep. Kwon Myeong-ho, who ran for Ulsan-dong constituency within the normal election and misplaced, is already being talked about. If the scope is expanded to these whose phrases expire inside this 12 months, a complete of 147 heads of public establishments shall be changed.

With three years left within the Yoon Seok-yeol authorities’s time period, it’s identified that competitors behind the scenes is fierce as a result of these appointed as heads of public establishments are assured a three-year time period. After the appointment of the top of the establishment, there are nonetheless appointments to be made to subsequent executives reminiscent of auditors and administrators, so the battle between unsuccessful candidates is predicted to proceed. An official from the ruling get together mentioned, “Professional-Yoon (pro-Yun Seok-yeol) figures who can convey complaints to the President’s Workplace are receiving requests particularly for the personnel affairs of heads of public establishments,” and “The story has reached the get together that the President’s Workplace’s political affairs line is busy receiving personnel complaints.” “They’re coming in,” he mentioned.

Funding public CEO’s annual wage is KRW 400 million – Housing finance public KRW 300 million… “Competitors for recognition of unsuccessful candidates”

90 vacant positions for public establishment heads within the first half of the 12 months
Passport: “Individuals who labored laborious in tough terrain… It’s customary to provide the top of a public establishment a place.
“The development is to not suppress the defeated lawmakers who sniped at you.”
Professional: “Bo Eun-seong’s personnel administration resulted in poor administration”

“Public establishment head personnel appointments have just about come to a halt since December of final 12 months when the overall elections started in earnest, however they resumed in earnest after the overall elections.”

An official from a ruling get together reported this on the 14th in regards to the latest scenario by which the President’s Workplace is conducting simultaneous verification for the appointment of heads of public establishments. Amongst 90 public establishments the place the time period of workplace of the top of the establishment has already ended or ends by June of this 12 months, the ruling get together figures who misplaced within the normal election have an annual wage of near 400 million gained on the Korea Funding Company (380.33 million gained), and Korea with an annual wage of near 300 million gained. They’re being attentive to establishments the place the time period of workplace of the top of the establishment is expiring, reminiscent of Korea Housing Finance Company (KRW 287.26 million) and Korea Enterprise Funding (KRW 249.27 million), which is effectively over KRW 200 million. The ruling get together responded that it was pure, saying, “It’s an implicit customized to provide a place as the top of a public establishment to an unsuccessful candidate who labored laborious in a tough surroundings.” Accordingly, there’s criticism that “the ruling get together is relaxed about dropping the election due to assured jobs.” Consultants identified, “As personnel with no experience or work relevance are repeatedly parachuted in as gratuity with out verification, numerous issues, together with a lower in effectivity, are being revealed in public establishments.”

● “The ruling get together won’t go empty-handed even when the election fails.”

Because of Dong-A Ilbo’s complete evaluation of public establishment administration data system Alio on the 14th, the time period of workplace of heads of 90 of the 327 public establishments designated by the Ministry of Technique and Finance for 2024 has already expired or is scheduled to run out within the first half of the 12 months. If the scope is expanded to incorporate establishments whose phrases expire on the finish of this 12 months, there are a complete of 147.

There are a lot of long-term vacant positions the place the time period of workplace of the top of the establishment has already ended. The Korea Wholesome Household Company additionally has not selected a successor for greater than 11 months after the earlier director resigned on Might 31 final 12 months. On the Korea Institute of Power Expertise Analysis and Planning, the place of head of the group has been vacant for over 9 months because the director resigned in August final 12 months. There have been 8 locations the place the time period of workplace of the top of the establishment ended for greater than 6 months, 26 locations the place it lasted greater than 3 months, and 23 locations the place it lasted longer than 1 month.

Even after the crushing defeat within the normal election, the rationale why there was comparatively little backlash towards the President’s Workplace from those that misplaced or had been defeated is interpreted as “preserving public establishments in thoughts.” Among the many 113 Individuals Energy Social gathering lawmakers, 58 weren’t nominated or had been defeated, together with those that didn’t run. An official from the ruling get together mentioned, “Regardless that the unsuccessful candidates thought they misplaced the overall election due to President Yoon Seok-yeol, they attended the luncheon hosted by President Yoon on the finish of final month,” and added, “With the personnel of public establishments remaining, shouldn’t we by some means make an impression on President Yoon?” . An official from the workplace of the failed congressman mentioned, “The development within the President’s workplace is, ‘Even among the many unsuccessful congressmen, a congressman who sniped on the president won’t be despatched as head of an company.’”

Throughout the ruling get together, there’s an environment that such parachute or Boeun-seong appointments to public establishments are pure. Key lawmaker Chin Yoon (Chin Yoon Seok-yeol) mentioned, “We’re the ruling get together, so even when we lose the election, we don’t simply go house empty-handed.”

Some say that the rise within the variety of public establishment personnel appointments is because of the aftermath of the Moon Jae-in administration’s last-minute reshuffling of public establishment heads. A ruling get together official mentioned, “The simultaneous reshuffling of public establishment heads is partly because of the rash appointments made on the final minute of the Moon Jae-in administration,” including, “The general public establishments heads who had been introduced in via unreasonable appointments made on the finish of the Moon Jae-in administration’s time period are finishing their assured three-year phrases.” “It was reported.

● Unsuccessful or unsuccessful candidates are eyeing ‘actual’ establishments with an annual wage of 200 to 300 million gained.

Political figures appear to choose positions that obtain comparatively excessive salaries or enable them to exert affect over non-public corporations. Unselected and discouraged political figures are additionally aiming for the positions of heads of public companies within the monetary sector, reminiscent of Korea Housing Finance Company and Korea Enterprise Funding, whose time period of workplace as head of the establishment has ended. At KOTRA (annual wage 227.5 million gained), an company below the Ministry of Commerce, Business and Power, the time period of workplace of the top of the company expires on the nineteenth of this month. The annual wage of the president of KEPCO KPS, whose time period ends subsequent month, was 231 million gained final 12 months.

The Korea Institute for Protection Analyzes (KIDA) below the Ministry of Nationwide Protection has additionally been vacant for greater than three months since Director Kim Yoon-tae retired on February 7. For the subsequent director place, former Vice Minister of Nationwide Protection Shin Beom-cheol, who ran for Cheonan-gap, South Chungcheong Province and misplaced as a Individuals Energy Social gathering candidate, and former Chief Minister Ko Seok of the Ministry of Nationwide Protection Excessive Navy Courtroom, who ran for Yongin-gun, Gyeonggi-do and was defeated, are talked about. Within the case of the Korea Transportation Security Authority, whose time period as head led to February of this 12 months, Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do is the seat, so there’s speak of former Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Oh-jin, a former administrative secretary within the Presidential Workplace, who failed within the Gimcheon main.

Lee Jun-han, a professor of political science and diplomacy at Incheon Nationwide College, criticized, saying, “When each the ruling and opposition events take energy, they repeat gratuitous greetings,” including, “In the end, this results in poor administration of public establishments.” Cho Jin-man, a professor of political science and diplomacy at Duksung Girls’s College, identified, “We have to enhance the system in order that we are able to strictly consider the operation of public establishments and take quick personnel motion if there are issues.”

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