Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commissioner Jeon Hyeon-hee said on the 31st, "The audit of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, which is not the target chairperson, should be stopped immediately."



The former chairman said this in her Facebook post one day before the start of the main audit by the Board of Audit and Inspection for Human Rights and Interests.



The Board of Audit and Inspection Special Investigation Bureau conducted a preliminary audit on the 28th and 29th of last month regarding the civil service discipline issue of the ACRC and plans to conduct a main audit for three weeks from the 1st of next month.



Regarding this audit, former chairman Jeon said, "As an anti-corruption and politically neutral institution, the Board of Audit and Inspection, whose term of office is guaranteed, is another government-wide anti-corruption agency and independent institution, and it is unusual to conduct a targeted service audit of the chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, whose term is guaranteed by law. It was pointed out that "



It is claimed that the audit was targeted at him, who was a re-elected member of the Democratic Party and was appointed by the former Moon Jae-in administration.



He continued, "The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission received regular audits by the Board of Audit and Inspection last year, audits and inspections by the Ministry of HR Innovation and the Prime Minister's Office, and completed all relevant measures at the end of last year." It is normal to do.”



He added, "If the Board of Audit and Inspection is to conduct an unusual audit, it should only audit the chairman according to its clear intention. There is no,” he emphasized.



"The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission always ranks high in the attendance rate of government ministers in Sejong, which the Ministry of Human Resources and Innovation objectively checks and announces figures and percentages every month," said Jeon.



The Board of Audit and Inspection explained to the media that the audit was “started to conduct an audit related to public service discipline due to reports from the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission”, but it seems to have been referring to the fact that the main contents of the report are known to be related to the attendance of the former chairman.



Chairman Jeon also shared a cell phone text message on Facebook the day before, saying that it was sent by the ACRC and supporting him and criticizing the audit of the Board of Audit and Inspection.



(Photo = National Assembly Photo Reporters, Yonhap News)