Yoon Sang-hyun, a member of the People Power Party, urged a special prosecutor and a national investigation into the Election Commission, which has been embroiled in a controversy over irregular hiring. He criticized the Constitutional Court's ruling that the Board of Audit and Inspection cannot audit the Election Commission, saying, "I cannot understand this."
On the afternoon of the 14th, after holding a press conference at the National Assembly's Communication Room, Yoon met with reporters and said, "There were 291 instances of irregular hiring and 878 violations of personnel regulations in hiring career employees by the Election Commission cartel," adding, "Therefore, we must conduct a special investigation and a national investigation as a matter of course."
Yoon stated, "They say the Election Commission is a 'job of the gods', but there is no place where the modern version of the nobleman's exam runs rampant like this," and added, "Among the Election Commission employees, they refer to the son of the Secretary General as 'the Crown Prince', in short, they call it a 'family company'."
He continued, "Using 'dad's chance', with his sons and daughters and relatives gathered together, internal oversight will inevitably be lax. As an agency overseeing elections, it scores zero," and mentioned, "I proposed two solutions for the Election Commission issue: a special investigation and a national investigation. I also suggest the solution of appointing a special inspector."
Regarding the recent Constitutional Court decision that the Board of Audit and Inspection's investigation into the Election Commission was unconstitutional, he said, "It makes no sense that we cannot audit agencies where corruption is rampant," emphasizing, "Moreover, the Democratic Party is planning to create a bill to prevent the audit of the Election Commission."
Previously, on the 27th of last month, the Board of Audit and Inspection made public a report on the status of personnel management, including family recruitment requests and interview score manipulation at regional election commissions. The report revealed a total of 878 violations related to 'career competitive hiring' by the Election Commission.