Chungcheongbuk-do Public Officials Union “Take responsibility for the Democratic Party that nominated local council members for abuse of power.”

Regarding the recent 'battle of power' between some local lawmakers and public officials in the southern part of North Chungcheong Province, the Chungbuk Regional Headquarters of the National Civil Service Workers' Union criticized the lawmakers at the center of the controversy on the 9th and called for action at the level of their political party.

The Chungcheongbuk-do headquarters of the civil servants' union held a press conference in the provincial office briefing room on this day and said, "Local council members' abuse of power toward public servants is going too far. Some people casually say, 'If you don't comply with their demands, I will use the power of the council members to harass you,' while there is also a chairperson who makes sexually harassing comments evaluating the appearance of public servants during meetings and gives orders to public servants who are not members of the council as if they were subordinates."

At the same time, he claimed, "The current behavior of lording over public officials, using power, abusive language, and sexual harassment is not only unacceptable as a legislative activity, but is also an abuse of authority and a serious violation of human rights."

He added, “Our union can no longer stand by these lawmakers who do not consider public officials as partners in local autonomy and treat their dignity as human beings lightly,” adding, “If local lawmakers do not respect public officials, public officials will also not respect them, and we will definitely hold them legally and politically accountable.”

He also said, “The Democratic Party of Korea, which nominated unqualified members, cannot be free from its responsibility,” and demanded, “A party-level fact-finding investigation into the members in question, a complaint to the Ethics Committee, and an apology for causing such a situation.”