Gyeonggi Province Reaches Agreement on Confirmation Hearings for 6 Subsidiary Organization Chiefs

Confirmation hearings for candidates for six public organization chiefs under Gyeonggi Province will be held from the 4th to 12th of this month.

Gyeonggi Province and the Provincial Assembly signed a 'Confirmation Hearing MOU for Gyeonggi Province Public Organization Chiefs' to this effect on the 29th.

The signing ceremony was attended by Governor Nam Kyung-pil, Provincial Assembly Speaker Kang Deuk-gu, Kim Hyun-sam, representative of the New Political Democratic Union, and Lee Seung-chul, representative of the Saenuri Party.

The agreement signed today is a follow-up measure to the 'Policy Coordination Agreement for the Realization of Coalition Politics' agreed upon by the ruling and opposition representatives of the Provincial Assembly on the 5th.

Candidates subject to confirmation hearings include Choi Geum-sik for the position of president of Gyeonggi Urban Corporation, Jo Chang-hee for the position of director of the Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, Choi Dong-kyou for the position of director of the Gyeonggi Small and Medium Business Promotion Center, and Lim Hae-kyou for the position of director of the Gyeonggi Institute for Development Research.

The confirmation hearing process will be divided into a first phase of ethical verification and a second phase of competency evaluation. The first phase will be conducted by the Provincial Assembly's Verification Committee, and the second phase will be conducted by the relevant standing committee. The first phase verification will be conducted in closed session, while the second phase verification will be conducted in open session.

The verification time is 6 hours each for the first and second phases, and the second phase can be conducted once more, for a maximum of 10 hours.

The Provincial Assembly will submit the results of the confirmation hearing to the governor within 10 days after completing the hearing. If the results are not submitted within this period, the governor may appoint the public organization chiefs.

Governor Nam stated, "Going forward, through confirmation hearings, I will appoint verified and capable organization chiefs to enhance the competitiveness of Gyeonggi Province's public institutions."