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President-elect Lee Myung-bak¡¯s Transition Committee on Thursday urged Cheong Wa Dae to hand over all administrative records intact. Committee Vice Chairman Kim Hyong-o, in an apparent warning against the temptations to destroy files, said, "We expect the current government to preserve records of all activities it has carried out and faithfully cooperate with the Transition Committee in submitting data the committee will request in the future."
A committee official said, "There is a chance that Cheong Wa Dae and government agencies will attempt to destroy data of their policy failures, or that the National Intelligence Service and the National Tax Service will attempt to systematically cover up how they leaked personal information of president-elect Lee Myung-bak."
Kim said the committee is also concerned because some government agencies continue to increase their personnel. ¡°We expect the current government to use prudence in reshuffling senior officials who will continue to work under the next government. We also hope that the government will discuss with us the reshuffling of officials whose terms are guaranteed by law, with less than two months remaining before the presidential term expires."
The Transition Committee will finish its government reorganization plan by mid-January in preparation for the first Cabinet line-up of the Lee administration scheduled for later that month. It also chose public sector reform and government reorganization as part of its eight-point agenda, which puts the top priority on bread-and-butter issues. However, foreign and security affairs, including the North Korean nuclear issue and inter-Korean relations, are excluded from the agenda.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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