The first trial for recall on the mayor and the city council members of Hanam City, Gyeonggi Province according to Act on the Recall enacted in 2007, has aroused pros and cons. A recall system makes a local self-governing system so as to be more meaningful. Of local self-governing system, the recall was introduced to prevent the arbitrariness of the elected public service and enhance the transparency and responsibility of local finance.
However, if abused, the recall menaces the sense of the representative system and increases the financial expenses such as the expense of voting. Looking back the vote for the recall of Hanam, we need to complement the recall system to draw on the merits of the recall.
To realize, a cause of demand for recall should be required in Act on the Recall. Also, establishing organization that mediates and arbitrates the discord between residents and local self-government before recall becomes a device that reduces indiscreet recalls, heals up regional feuds, and saves unnecessary expenses.
More important thing than complement of system, is a manner that local government heads and local assembly men, in process of drafting and driving of policy, should listen residents closely and promote policy with comprehension and persuasion for residents, if residents are against policy. The best thing saving unnecessary wastes of money and time is mediating concerns with conversation.