South Chungcheong Election Commission Files Complaint Against Seocheon County Officials Over Government-Influenced Election Allegations

Election Management Team Leader and Others Accused of Violating the Public Official Election Act

Ahead of the June 3 local elections, the South Chungcheong Provincial Election Commission has filed a complaint with the prosecution against public officials from Seocheon County Office who have been accused of involvement in a government-influenced election.

According to a compilation of reports by The Asia Business Daily on the 28th, the South Chungcheong Provincial Election Commission reported to the prosecution on the 27th certain public officials, including a level 5 executive and a level 6 team leader from the election management department at Seocheon County Office, on suspicion of violating the Public Official Election Act.

The level 6 public official A, who is the chief team leader in charge of election management at Seocheon County, and a level 5 executive public official, are suspected of using their positions to plan and arrange an event in which a policy inquiry response letter from the irregular workers’ union was delivered on behalf of Kim Kiwoong, the People Power Party’s candidate for Seocheon County mayor.

As the South Chungcheong Provincial Election Commission has reported A, the key field manager in the election management department, to the prosecution, there are increasing calls to immediately exclude A from election management duties in order to ensure electoral fairness and administrative neutrality.

An official from Seocheon County stated, "If there is a formal notification from the investigative agency, we plan to take action in accordance with relevant regulations and procedures."

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