한국 인사청문회 제도에 관한 비교 연구 -국회와 지방의회 도입 실태 및 운영 사례를 중심으로-

Abstract

This study compares and analyzes the introduction process, the actual condition, the operation procedure and the method of the confirmation hearing in the Korean National Assembly and the Local Council. And it suggested improvement measures and policy implications for the local council’s confirmation hearing System. As an improvement plan, First, it is necessary to establish legal basis for the local council’s confirmation hearing or to give autonomy to the local government. Second, it is necessary to form a special committee on confirmation hearing through the resolution of the plenary session, and to submit the consent of the candidates for the provision of personal information, the disclosure of the meeting, and the execution of the confirmation hearing. Third, details that are not covered by council’s statutes and conventions should be prevent controversy and conflict by using other ordinances and rules. The confirmation hearing process should be open to public to strengthen the citizen’s right to know. Fourth, it is necessary for the local council to specify the candidate’s qualifications in the progress report of the confirmation hearing and extend the duration of the that hearing. The policy implications are as follows: First, the local council’s confirmation hearing is the result of the cooperation between the head of the local government and the local councils, and the policy makers of both organizations introduced the new system through mutual consultation. Second, the fact that the Gwanak-gu Council recently introduced the confirmation hearing System for the first time in the District Local Council is evidence that the confirmation hearing is spreading vertically and downwardly. Third, despite the controversy over the introduction of the system, it is true that the confirmation hearings have become an effective system for the candidate’s verification, with the candidate fails or voluntarily resigns during the verification process.