Ballot Shortage Probe Committee to Summon Over 40 Central Election Commission Officials Including Noh Taeak

Summoned as Witnesses for the Special Committee's Plenary Session on June 23

The Special Committee for the National Investigation into the 6·3 Local Election Ballot Shortage Incident will summon over 40 officials from the National Election Commission, including all 9 members of the central commission, as witnesses.

On the 18th, Yoon Sanghyun, the chairman, is striking the gavel at the first full meeting of the "Special Committee for the National Investigation into the Shortage of Ballots in the Nationwide Local Elections and the Protection of the People's Suffrage Rights and Election Management Reform" held at the National Assembly. Photo by Kim Hyunmin

On June 22, the ruling and opposition parties agreed to call as witnesses all 9 central National Election Commission members—including former Chairperson Noh Taeak and acting Chairperson Wi Cheolhwan—as well as more than 20 officials from the central commission, including acting Secretary General Kang Dongwan, for the plenary session of the special committee on June 23.

Additionally, the list of approximately 40 witnesses agreed upon by both parties includes former Seoul Election Commission Chairperson Oh Minseok, former Songpa District Commission Chairperson Min Soyoung, and other officials from the Seoul and Songpa election commissions.

The special committee is scheduled to officially begin its activities on June 23, starting with an agency report from the National Election Commission.

Meanwhile, on the same day, the National Election Commission held a committee meeting and stated, "We gravely acknowledge the investigation committee's findings that there were fundamental problems throughout the election management process."

Through a press release, the commission said, "We will make every effort to ensure fundamental institutional reforms so that incidents undermining the public's right to vote do not recur, by reviewing the policies proposed by the investigation committee along with improvement measures for the election management system, which will be discussed in the upcoming national investigation."

During the meeting, the commission decided to submit all materials from the investigation committee's report to the joint prosecution-police investigation headquarters and to proceed with disciplinary procedures for those involved, in accordance with the results of a special audit being conducted by the independent audit office.

The commission stated that acting Chairperson Wi Cheolhwan submitted a recusal request and did not attend the meeting on that day.

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