An Analysis of Actual Condition of Confirmation Hearing System in Local Autonomous Government

Abstract

This study aims to analyse actual operation condition of confirmation hearing system implemented in local autonomous governments, disclose its problems, and suggest desirable alternatives and its policy implications. Currently local governments operate personnel qualification for a few high ranking posts and presidents for local public corporations in various ways, such as advance verification system according to the corresponding law and regulation, advance verification prescribed in the local council regulation or by the agreement between the head of local government and the local council, and post verification based on the related ordinance. For securing stability and continuity of the personnel hearing system, most of all, the applicable law should be amended in advance. Next, institutional improvement plans, such as specification of verification criteria and submission of information, grant a binding force on hearing results, extending verification time, disclosing the hearing process, and improvement of ability and talent of the hearing party concerned, are implemented. This is a descriptive research for the confirmation hearing system of local autonomous governments, of which operation condition has not been studied sufficiently. The systems have been classified by their types, and the actual condition of implementing the system is compared and analysed in this study. This preliminary study has implication for the future confirmation hearing system of a local autonomous government.