Busan City withdraws nomination of Kim Myeong-su as chair of Busan Facilities Corporation

[Financial News] The city said it had accepted Kim Myeong-su's intention to resign voluntarily, announced to Busan City on the 26th, and decided to withdraw his nomination.
Earlier, the Busan City Council's Special Committee on Personnel Hearings held a hearing for Kim Myeong-su on the 6th and adopted a report on the hearing proceedings on the 8th that deemed him "unqualified." The report cited serious concerns about his lack of expertise and capabilities. The corporation's labor union had also called for his nomination to be withdrawn, citing his lack of expertise and organizational management skills.
The city had taken a cautious approach, postponing a decision on whether to appoint him while weighing the city council's hearing results, the stable operation of public institutions and the candidate's capabilities. In particular, it noted that appointments of public institution heads require consideration not only of the appointing authority's judgment but also of the city council's views from its vetting process, as well as the voices of various stakeholders, including institution employees. The council is the representative body of the citizens.
The city's public institutions official emphasized, "This decision to withdraw the nomination was made to take the city council's views and voices from the field seriously and to put into practice 'communication' and 'collaborative governance,' important values in city administration. It means that, rather than making a one-sided assessment of a particular candidate, the city will listen to diverse opinions and reflect them in its decisions to earn public trust, and run city administration on the basis of mutual respect with the city council."
The city plans to use this decision as an opportunity to strengthen communication with the city council and work to ensure substantive collaborative governance on major municipal issues and in the operation of public institutions. It also plans to continue respecting the council's vetting role, take into account the opinions raised during personnel hearings when making appointments to head public institutions and managing those institutions, and maintain thorough communication with the council.
Mayor Chun Jae-soo said, "Appointments of public institution heads are both a way to ensure institutions' expertise and accountability and a process of earning public trust. We have decided to accept the candidate's intention to resign voluntarily, taking seriously the views raised at the city council's personnel hearing and the voices from the field at the Facilities Corporation." He added, "Going forward, we will continue to regard mutual respect and collaborative governance with the city council as important values in city administration, listen to diverse opinions, and pursue communication and cooperation."



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