One day, two presidents became the first, what happened to the National Territory Information Corporation

Korea Land Information Corporation (LX), headquartered in Jeonju-Wanju Innovative City, Jeonbuk, faced an unprecedented situation of’two presidents with one roof’. This is because the former President Chang-hak Choi, who was dismissed last year, declared’return to work’ after receiving a ruling in favor of the plaintiff in a lawsuit for canceling dismissal against President Moon Jae-in, who is the right of appointment and dismissal. Former President Choi, who took office in July 2018, lasts until July. Currently, LX was inaugurated in September of last year by President Jeong-ryul Kim, who was the second vice minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

LX said on the 21st, “As a result of internal legal review, it is impossible to prevent Choi’s return.” LX is a public institution under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the term of office is three years.

An LX official explained that “the intent of the first trial is to return to the status before dismissal under the Administrative Procedure Act (the remaining term of the former president), so until July there are legally two presidents.” He said, “In practice, the head office personnel department is discussing with the law firm how to get payment from the two presidents (when the former president returns to work), and what to do with the office and vehicle (of the former president).” .

The history of’two bosses with one roof’ goes back to last year. Former President Choi was dismissed in April of last year after being supervised by the Public Office Inspection Team under the Civil Administration Chief Office of the Blue House due to controversy over his subordinates. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, etc., the former president Choi was suspicious of mobilizing a private car and staff for personal affairs, accompanied by an attendant secretary and a driver during the early morning exercise. In addition, in the process of promoting LX’s drone education center, a business agreement was signed with Gyeongsangbuk-do, which caused controversy even though the candidate site review was not completed.

Immediately after dismissal, President Choi filed a lawsuit, saying, “There was no coercive work order, and the disciplinary procedure was illegal, such as not being guaranteed an opportunity to state opinions during the audit process.” The Seoul Administrative Court Administration Division 1 (Director Jonghwa Ahn) raised the hand of former president Choi on the 26th of last month. The court judged that “(dismissal) is illegal because it does not give prior notice or give an opportunity to submit opinions under the Administrative Procedure Act, and sufficient grounds and reasons for disposition are not presented even though the disposition violates the interests of the status.”

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, “The audit of the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs has been extensively conducted not only on the reasons for the disposition of the case, but also on allegations of misconduct, and face-to-face investigations have not been conducted, so it cannot be said that the former president was given an opportunity to submit an opinion.” “Even after the dismissal procedure was specified, there is no reason to believe that there was a separate prior notice or an opportunity to submit opinions. It is difficult to say that it was possible to fully know the grounds and reasons for which the former president was dismissed at the time.” He explained.

On the 9th, the former president conveyed the news of the victory through his Facebook page and said, “The defendant, the president, filed an’immediate appeal’ on March 5 against the result of the court’s decision.” He was angerless, he was incompetent, and he was arrogant.” On the 19th, he said, “After consideration, I decided to keep my term of office for 4 months.” He said, “It wasn’t the greed for the position, but I decided that it was the most reliable way to normalize the honor and distorted affairs of the corporation, including myself, and there should never be any deprivation of the term of office of the head of a public institution through unjust means and methods. Because I want to prove that I do,” he explained.

He also attached a plan to deal with LX in the’one roof, two bosses’ situation below the article. According to his decision to cancel the dismissal of the president and to go to work, ▶ keep the term of office and respect the role of the incumbent president in relation to approval for overall construction work, presidency at meetings, and participation in external events, but the personnel part is decided according to mutual consultation. ▶The corporation actively cooperates to restore its own honor and to perform work.▶Relieve employees who are suffering from personal disadvantages.▶You can receive work reports from headquarters, offices, regional headquarters, and subsidiaries for site inspection and work grasp. He presented a request for action to be taken. President Choi said, “In order to minimize the confusion and financial expenditures of the construction work due to the two-person system, we are willing to flexibly accommodate office offices and accommodations in an appropriate manner.”

In an unprecedented situation, construction workers are in a difficult mood. At the time of President Choi’s audit, the union demanded that the president resign. One employee complained, “At the time of his tenure as President Choi, employees suffered from being audited at five government agencies throughout the year.” He said, “Because of this, the results of management evaluation were low, and incentives were also reduced. To return) Should we continue the exhausting debate again. The employees are victims.”

There is also a story inside and outside LX that “the most embarrassing person to return to the former president is the current president, Kim.” President Kim has not made a separate stance regarding the return of former President Choi’s work.

This is not the first time that a public institution’s “one roof, two heads” situation has occurred. The National Opera Group and the Arts Council Korea went through similar things.

Ho-geun Yoon, former head of the National Opera, was dismissed from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for hiring a performance planning team leader who did not meet the qualification requirements in May 2019.After winning an administrative lawsuit, he returned to work on March 9 last year. However, he voluntarily resigned on the 24th of the same month, saying, “We will withdraw to prevent the confusion of the National Opera and to normalize the operation of the organization.”

In February 2010, Kim Jong-heon, former chairman of the Arts Council Korea, won a lawsuit for confirmation of dismissal invalidation, and Chairman Oh Kwang-soo worked in the main building of the Arts Council, and former Chairman Kim worked in a room temporarily prepared. The “two chairpersons living together” ended in 47 days when former Chairman Kim lost in the High Court.

Jeonju = Reporter Kim Junhee [email protected]