[Report File] Parliamentarians visit the Board of Audit and Inspection to protest

On the same day (13th) at 11 am, Democratic Party members Park Beom-gye, Song Ki-ho, and Kim Eui-gyeom visited the Board of Audit and Inspection in protest.

What was the target or intended purpose of the Democrats' protest visits?

Although the act of a protest visit itself would be a kind of 'political show' in front of the camera, the main purpose of this protest visit was a strong check against Secretary-General Yoo Byung-ho, who led the audit of the Board of Audit and Inspection.

As if consciously, Secretary-General Yoo Byung-ho did not appear for the interview.

Let's summarize the situation based on the video of the interview that lasted for 45 minutes.

1st Offensive: "I can't see the Auditor General"...

the truth?

Rep. Park Bum-gye met with Kim Kyung-ho, head of the Planning and Coordination Office of the Board of Audit and Inspection, and said, "The Director of the Board of Audit and Inspection cannot be seen."

Then, he said, "I only see Yoo Byung-ho, Secretary General of the Board of Audit and Inspection. In my eyes, it is. If that is the case, then it is not a passing by the Director of the Board of Audit and Inspection.

Rep. Song Ki-ho raised the level of remarks by saying, "It is an abuse of power. It's a crime."

Here, Rep. Kim Eui-gyeom emotionally stimulated the Board of Audit and Inspection by saying, "I don't know if this expression is appropriate, but how is it different from the thugs who take on debt instead of the thugs? Hasn't the Board of Audit and Inspection turned into an entertainment center?"

The Board of Audit and Inspection was silently listening to the unrefined words and actions of politicians.

Kim Kyung-ho, head of the keynote department of the Board of Audit and Inspection, did not give any specific answer.

There was only a strange tension in her.

The interview space was small, but she was reminiscent of a state audit in advance.

When the Democratic Party lawmakers launched an offensive with the 'Yoo Byung-ho theory of power' that circulates inside and outside the Board of Audit and Inspection, some executives responded, "It means that Secretary-General Yoo Byung-ho's power is great. It deserves such a sound." It looked.

Other auditors from the audit office responded, "How do you pass the chief audit officer even in real power?

It was close to the nuance that the suspicion was different from the substantive truth.

'The auditor is nowhere to be seen.

Rep. Park Bum-gye's words, 'It is so in my eyes,' literally mean that to the eyes of Rep. Park and others, so it seems premature to judge what the substantive truth is yet.

However, as the saying goes, “Three Inseong-ho (三人成虎: Three people can make a tiger that did not exist”), it seems clear that this is an element that Secretary-General Yoo Byung-ho should be wary of.

Second Offensive: "There is a consultative body between the Board of Audit and Inspection"...

fact?

About 35 minutes into the full-fledged interview, Rep. Park Bum-gye launched a second offensive against the Board of Audit and Inspection.

This time, the topic was 'there is a consultative body between the Board of Audit and Inspection'.

This is the conversation that took place at the time.

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Park Bum

-gye "There is a council with the Board of Audit and Inspection, and when did it start?"

and Inspection "It's been quite a while. It seems like it's been close to 10 years."

-gye "Who attends the council meeting?"

and Inspection "I am the head of the Public Service Inspection Headquarters" Park Beom-

"Who is coming from the Supreme Prosecutor's Office? (omitted) Do you have a consultative body regularly?"

and Inspection "Not on a regular basis."

-gye "We have such a consultative body, but if we have such a channel and we ask for data submission, it's a targeted audit! It's not a matter of having an audit plan or not! Yes?! The Board of Audit and Inspection didn't do that before!"

and Inspection "You seem to be misunderstanding, but we do not exchange data with each other through the consultative body you mentioned earlier."

-gye "I didn't ask that now!"

In the 40 minutes of the interview, the Board of Audit and Inspection came up with the first rebuttal in the flow that almost led to a one-sided offensive.

Kim Kyung-ho, the head of the keynote team, who had been quiet throughout, suddenly grew louder, saying, "You seem to be misunderstanding."

Rep. Park responded by shouting, "I didn't ask" to the Board of Audit and Inspection's rebuttal.

To unravel the argument of the Democratic Party lawmakers, the Board of Audit and Inspection raises suspicions that the Board of Audit and Inspection and the prosecution are gathering in advance, saying, 'I will thank you first, so the prosecution will reveal the investigation later.'

In this regard, the Board of Audit and Inspection explains that the consultative body between the Board of Audit and Inspection is only an irregular meeting body and communication channel, and there is no exchange of audit and investigation-related materials.

When the Board of Audit and Inspection begins an audit on a matter that has raised social or national suspicion, it should take the final decision.

If you do not 'dispose', your job is abandoned.

The category of 'disposition' also includes accusations against the audited body.

This means that if the suspect points are specified according to the case and the criminal circumstances are diverse and it is necessary to examine it through investigation and trial, it means that the accusation will be taken as a final disposition.

You may also request (request) an investigation to an investigative agency for urgent matters prior to disposition (ie during the audit period).

This investigation request is also not based on the arbitrary judgment of the auditors, but must be approved by the chairman of the audit committee after collecting the opinions of the audit committee members.

It means going through enough deliberation and monitoring.

Although raising suspicions by giving unproven causality to the precedent of dealings with business is a common offensive method in the political circles, the Board of Audit and Inspection calls it a "political offensive."

It is an atmosphere of acceptance.

There is also an internal reaction of the Audit Committee that "it is the show of the Democrats."

Not all cases go to the 'pre-audit and then the prosecution'.

Although the Board of Audit and Inspection may be in the spotlight and the prosecution may be puzzled, the prosecution is not an institution waiting for an audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection.

As you know, the Board of Audit and Inspection is currently conducting an audit of the Ministry of National Defense in relation to the 'Suspected West Sea incident', and the prosecution is also subpoenaing and investigating the Ministry of National Defense executives on its own judgment.

In other words, the Board of Audit and Inspection may first conduct an audit and then request an investigation, or if it is not appropriate for the prosecution to decide on this, it may not conduct an investigation.

Alternatively, the prosecution and the Board of Audit and Inspection may act simultaneously on the same matter.

However, this does not mean that the two organizations are not negotiating on the matter.

I do not know whether the two organizations will be able to coordinate the schedules (times) with each other because the physical summons schedules for the auditee (the subject of investigation) overlap.

Rep. Park probably knows this better than anyone.

Nevertheless, given that most of the audit issues that the Board of Audit and Inspection are currently targeting are allegations related to the Moon Jae-in administration, they are reacting sharply, saying, "It wasn't like that before!"

Rep. Park, who knows these things better than anyone else, looks suspiciously at even the irregular meeting bodies of the Board of Audit and Inspection, and it can be said that the audit of the Board of Audit and Inspection has been biased. ='There are a lot of things that hurt').

Members of Parliament who visited each government to protest

This is not the first time a politician has visited the Board of Audit and Inspection.

Rep. Park said, "(The Board of Audit and Inspection) didn't do that before!" and looked up cases of protest visits.

In September 2002, GNP lawmakers, including Rep. Hong Jun-pyo, visited the Board of Audit and Inspection in relation to the controversy over refusal to submit data to the Special Committee on Public Funds Investigation. interviewed.

In 2007, as a special audit of the Korea Broadcasting System (KBS), Democratic Party lawmakers and GNP lawmakers visited the Board of Audit and Inspection one after another in response to the disclosure of data from the Board of Audit and Inspection related to the MB Dogok-dong land allegation.

It is not that the Board of Audit and Inspection was not like that before, but almost every administration changed its air force, and lawmakers kept visiting the Board of Audit and Inspection in protest. 

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Cursing may be the fate of the Board of Audit and Inspection.

Secretary-General Yoo Byung-ho is said to have ordered executives to 'hunt large fish and whales (= auditing incidents such as suspicion of misconduct by high-ranking officials)' following a major reorganization.

He is also spurring internal business renewals.

Let's see whether the Board of Audit and Inspection will be sharpened even in the middle and second half of the Yoon Seok-Yeol administration, and whether Secretary-General Yoo Byung-Ho will remain vigilant.

It is a family, but if it is true even in the middle and second half of the regime, then is it the turn of the ruling party (People's Power) lawmakers to visit the Board of Audit and Inspection in protest?

(Photo=provided by the Board of Audit and Inspection, Yonhap News)