The Seoul Administrative Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of 14 residents of Dobong, Geumcheon and Yangcheon who filed a suit seeking to take back what they claimed were unjust raises in the salaries of district assemblymen,hollister france. Following the court ruling,air jordan, each assemblyman in Dobong must give back W21.36 million (US$1=W1,248), while those of Gumcheon district have to repay W22.56 million each,www.abercrombieandfitchfr.info. Assemblymen in Yangcheon must return W19.15 million each.

This is the second time that residents of districts in Seoul put the brakes on excessive raises local assemblymen have awarded themselves,peuterey. The first case happened last September, when 7,abercrombie france,138 residents of Gangbuk got local assemblymen to lower salaries they had unilaterally raised.

The ruling was the first instance where a court sided with residents since they were allowed in 2006 to file class action suits,www.jordanemagasinfr.com. Even if they were not directly impacted by the unlawful budget spending by regional governments, the measure allows them to take back wasteful tax spending by suing regional governments. About a dozen such class action lawsuits so far all ended with the courts siding with the regional governments,air jordan pas cher.

When in 2006 the residents of Seongbuk district sued district assemblymen who frequented bars and went on overseas trips with taxpayer's money, the court rejected the suit, saying it could not establish for certain whether the activities of the assemblymen had no connection whatsoever with their work,peuterey outlet. There have also been suits over excessively high salaries against the heads of regional governments, but they were rejected by courts which ruled that one could not be absolutely certain that the spending was "clearly against the law." The officials had cleverly exploited loopholes in the law.

Class action lawsuits can be used to prevent taxpayers' money being wasted by incompetent regional officials and enforce principles in the operation of regional governments,hollister. That makes them an effective tool to force public servants to return taxpayer's money they spent wastefully, easier and more effective than a recall, which requires the support of a majority of the residents in a ballot where at least one-third of the residents vote.

Japan allows citizens to file class action lawsuits to take back taxpayer's money wasted by public servants by spending them on dinners, dishonestly charging overtime pay and going on overseas tours under the pretext of training. For such lawsuits to be used more often here,abercrombie, Korean courts need to take a wider view of what activities constitute violations,air jordan pas cher. Also, the need to collect 200 to 400 signatures of residents prior to filing residential class action lawsuits has to be simplified,abercrombie. If such lawsuits become more prevalent due to the latest ruling, it would be a salutary warning for regional politicians and public servants.

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