Strengthening Penalties Including Up to 5 Years in Prison
Targeting the 2030 Generation by Eradicating Corruption
The People Power Party is pushing to propose the Fair Recruitment Act as a party bill to eradicate hiring corruption. Amid escalating daily attacks on the National Election Commission, which has been embroiled in the so-called 'Dad Chance' controversy, they have begun preparing institutional measures.
According to political circles on the 6th, the People Power Party's Special Labor Committee has started working on proposing the Fair Recruitment Act as a party bill, which strengthens penalties for hiring corruption.
They are discussing the details with the Ministry of Employment and Labor, focusing on the "Fair Recruitment Act (a complete revision of the Act on the Fairness of Hiring Procedures)" that the ruling party proposed in the 21st National Assembly. A People Power Party lawmaker belonging to the special committee said, "This is to eradicate not only the National Election Commission incident but also hiring corruption issues," adding, "We have had about three discussions with the Ministry of Employment and Labor and are monitoring the timing of the proposal."
The Fair Recruitment Act was also proposed as a party bill in the previous National Assembly but was discarded due to the expiration of the term. It raises sanctions for forced hiring or hereditary hiring to criminal penalties, includes cancellation of hiring for those who passed through corrupt hiring, and provides relief for victims of unfair hiring. It defines demands for preferential or special hiring of relatives and corrupt solicitations for hiring specific individuals as forced hiring, punishable by imprisonment of up to five years or a fine of up to 50 million won.
The People Power Party has launched an all-out pressure campaign against the National Election Commission. On this day, they announced that they would propose a party bill to have a special auditor audit the National Election Commission's hiring, personnel management, and election management system. Additionally, they plan to pursue five major tasks: ▲introducing confirmation hearings for the special auditor and secretary-general ▲prohibiting judges from concurrently serving as the chairman of the National Election Commission ▲introducing a national audit for provincial election commissions ▲expanding the appointment qualifications for standing members of local election commissions to include external personnel.
Through this, it is interpreted as a strategy to soothe the hardline supporters who raise allegations of election fraud while targeting the 2030 generation by focusing on the issue of hiring corruption. On the 4th, first-term lawmakers in their 30s from the People Power Party voiced a unified call to eradicate hiring corruption, which they see spreading as a fairness issue among young people. In a joint press conference, lawmakers Jo Ji-yeon, Park Chung-kwon, and Kim Yong-tae emphasized, "The National Election Commission incident has caused great disappointment and anger among young people," and stressed, "We must root out hiring corruption that tramples on the dreams and opportunities of future generations."
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