Local Government Inspections by the Korean National Assembly: Future Directions
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This study was conducted in order to justify the need for parliamentary inspections undertaken by theoretical discussion; analyze the problems attending the operation of inspection systems undertaken by local authorities by focusing on the question of its maintenance or abolition; and present development plans for future local government inspections to be held by the National Assembly. The abolition of local government inspections held by the National Assembly has been suggested, for the following reasons: 1. Its violation against principle of divisions of powers. 2. Excessive number of target organizations. 3. Inspections conducted for political dispute. 4. Excessive request for witness attendance and document presentation. 5. Problems regarding the non‐attendance and false testimony of witnesses. 6. Poor condition of disposal of inspection results. 7. In the opinion of local authorities, its violation against performing a realistic local autonomy and repetitive inspections. However, the positive contribution that periodic parliamentary inspections make to government in Korea cannot be ignored, especially in view of problems such as the relationship between local authorities and the nation, the dependence of local authorities on government finance, and the insufficient number of self‐inspections carried out by local authorities, abolition of inspections by the National Assembly becomes harder to accept. In fact, even if inspections of local authorities are carried out by the Board of Audit and Inspection or the Executive Department, it is difficult to deny the existence of valuable inspection functions that monitor the responsibility and efficiency of local authorities in a way that does not damage local self‐governance, especially when the agent of such inspections is the National Assembly, the practical executive instrument and delegate of the people. Complementary measures on institutional strategies and alternatives are here proposed to improve the effectiveness of the parliamentary inspection system itself, on the basis of which local authorities, the National Assembly and the administration should coordinate their thinking and establish a consensus on rational improvement of the inspection system so as to fulfill the purposes of parliamentary inspection.
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This study was conducted in order to justify the need for parliamentary inspections undertaken by theoretical discussion; analyze the problems attending the operation of inspection systems undertaken by local authorities by focusing on the question of its maintenance or abolition; and present development plans for future local government inspections to be held by the National Assembly. The abolition of local government inspections held by the National Assembly has been suggested, for the following reasons: 1. Its violation against principle of divisions of powers. 2. Excessive number of target organizations. 3. Inspections conducted for political dispute. 4. Excessive request for witness attendance and document presentation. 5. Problems regarding the non‐attendance and false testimony of witnesses. 6. Poor condition of disposal of inspection results. 7. In the opinion of local authorities, its violation against performing a realistic local autonomy and repetitive inspections. However, the positive contribution that periodic parliamentary inspections make to government in Korea cannot be ignored, especially in view of problems such as the relationship between local authorities and the nation, the dependence of local authorities on government finance, and the insufficient number of self‐inspections carried out by local authorities, abolition of inspections by the National Assembly becomes harder to accept. In fact, even if inspections of local authorities are carried out by the Board of Audit and Inspection or the Executive Department, it is difficult to deny the existence of valuable inspection functions that monitor the responsibility and efficiency of local authorities in a way that does not damage local self‐governance, especially when the agent of such inspections is the National Assembly, the practical executive instrument and delegate of the people. Complementary measures on institutional strategies and alternatives are here proposed to improve the effectiveness of the parliamentary inspection system itself, on the basis of which local authorities, the National Assembly and the administration should coordinate their thinking and establish a consensus on rational improvement of the inspection system so as to fulfill the purposes of parliamentary inspection.
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