[경제]Emergencies in public officials… Need to expand property disclosure

[앵커]

As the ruling party of the government decided to review the property registrations of all public officials to prevent public officials from speculating on real estate, an emergency took place for middle and low-ranking public officials.

In order to increase the effectiveness of property registration for all public officials, it is being pointed out that it is necessary to expand the disclosure of property and to prepare a supplementary measure for corruption in the name of the second name.

Reporter Lee Jong-soo on the report.

[기자]

To eradicate real estate speculation triggered by the’LH crisis’, the government’s ruling party plans to first promote property registration for real estate-related officials, and expand property registration to all public officials as the next step.

[정세균 / 국무총리 (어제) : 직급 고하를 막론하고 모두 재산을 등록하도록 재산등록제 확대를 검토하고 부동산 신규 취득 시에 사전신고를 의무화해서….]

The current Public Service Ethics Act requires public officials of level 4 or higher and executives and employees of public service-related organizations to register their property, and public officials of level 1 or higher to disclose their property.

If all public officials are newly registered for property, the number of eligible persons is 1.5 million, including the total of 111,800 public officials including the legislative, administrative and judiciary, plus 410,000 employees of public institutions including public enterprises and quasi-governmental organizations. There are more than one.

If the property registration system for public officials is fully expanded, changes should be reported annually after registration of the property, and it must be reviewed by the Public Officials Ethics Committee. Accordingly, it is expected that it will be effective in suppressing corruption such as speculation.

[박순애 / 서울대 행정학과 교수 : 재산 등록을 전혀 하지 않고 특히나 하급직에서 이렇게 출발하신 분들 경우에는 재산 등록을 하는 고위직까지 올라가지 않기 때문에 자기 관리가 많이 허술했을 것으로 봐요. 이런 제도가 있다면 최소한 1년에 한 번씩 재산 등록을 하기 때문에 자기관리를 스스로 할 수 있게 되는 긍정적 효과가 있지 않을까 싶습니다.]

However, in order to further increase the effectiveness, experts are agreeing that the scope of disclosure limited to Level 1 or higher should be expanded and a firm punishment for false registrations should be made.

In addition, it is pointed out that as property registration is limited to the person, spouse, and direct relatives, countermeasures against corruption in the name of a sibling, spouse, or relative’s name should be supported.

[박순애 / 서울대 행정학과 교수 : 차명 문제에 있어서는 분명히 법적으로 지금은 어떤 제도적 장치가 없어요. 어떤 방식으로든지 일가 직계존비속 외에 처가 쪽 등에 대해서도 관리하는 방법이 필요할 것 같아요.]

Experts believe that public officials’ ethics committee must carefully examine the contents of property registration to determine whether there has been any unreasonable property accumulation.

YTN Jongsoo Lee[[email protected]]is.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]