Will Yangyang-gun County residents be summoned for "the charge of forced harassment and bribery"?

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In Yangyang, Gangwon-do, amid the impeachment, a resident recall process is underway for the head of a local government.

As the county governor was investigated by police on charges of forcibly harassing female civil petitioners and receiving money and goods, residents directly requested a vote to ask for the pros and cons of dismissal.

Reporter Song Se-hyuk covered it.

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Kim Jin-ha, the head of Yangyang County, was charged with an arrest warrant for forcibly harassing a woman after receiving money and valuables from a woman who asked to resolve the civil complaint.

The court is set to question the suspect before his arrest on January 2 next year.

The anger of the county residents to hold Kim accountable for various allegations of misconduct led to a recall of residents.More than 4,700 people signed up, well over 15% of voters based on

claims.

Once the signature book is read and verified, a referendum is expected to take place around February next year after the governor Kim's calling.

On the first day of reading the signature book, Governor Kim personally checked the signature book, causing controversy.

[Kim Dong-il / CEO of Miraeyang Citizens' Solidarity: Is it something that a county governor can do as a person to show up in the library and read the information of the signatories, and is this a system that is right....]

More than a third of the voters cast their ballots in the recall vote, and if a majority of the voters approve, Kim will be dismissed.

The resident recall system has been in place since 2007 to increase the accountability of local elected officials and strengthen resident sovereignty.

So far, 11 elected officials across the country have been eligible for the recall vote.

Among them, two were dismissed in the first year of implementation, and the rest were canceled due to lack of turnout.

[Ha Hye-soo / Professor of Public Administration at Kyungpook National University] Looking at the foreign resident recall system, we believe that one of the requirements for (residents' recall) claims and voting requirements should be relaxed.]

Governor Kim, who has defected from the people's power, has not made an official statement so far, and attention is focused on the police investigation and the results of the recall vote.

I'm YTN's Song Sehyuk.