Electoral District Delimitation Committee "Can No Longer Wait for National Assembly" Begins Preparing Own Delimitation Plan

"Multiple Notifications to the National Assembly... If Delayed Beyond March 7, Normal Election Operations Will Become Impossible"
Meanwhile, Ruling and Opposition Parties Attempt to Resume Electoral District Delimitation Discussions on March 1

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[Asia Economy Reporter Wondara] The National Assembly Constituency Delimitation Committee under the Central Election Commission has begun preparing its own constituency delimitation criteria. With only 46 days left until this year's general election, it has determined that it can no longer wait for the ruling and opposition parties to finalize the constituency delimitation.

Kim Se-hwan, the chair of the Delimitation Committee, stated at a meeting held on the afternoon of the 29th at the Election Commission building in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, "Our committee has repeatedly urged the National Assembly to finalize the delimitation criteria, such as the number of seats per province."

Chairman Kim said, "During the liaison meeting with the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee on the 13th, we explained that considering the overseas voter list is to be prepared by March 6 and the plenary session of the National Assembly is scheduled for March 5, the delimitation criteria must be notified by February 24 at the latest."

He continued, "However, as the delimitation criteria have still not been finalized and the period for viewing and filing objections to the overseas voter list begins on March 7, if this period also passes without resolution, the fundamental rights of the people will be practically restricted, and the subsequent election procedures will face very serious confusion and cannot proceed normally."

He added, "Our committee feels a heavy responsibility and recognizes that we can no longer wait for the National Assembly to set the delimitation criteria. Therefore, we have decided to establish the criteria and prepare the delimitation plan ourselves to fulfill our duty to the people." He also emphasized, "We will approach today's meeting with the commitment to fair and rational constituency delimitation, a mission entrusted to us by the people."

Earlier, the Delimitation Committee also stated in a press release the day before that "starting from the 29th, we will prepare the constituency delimitation plan based on our own criteria as soon as possible and submit it to the National Assembly."

Meanwhile, the floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties have agreed to meet at 2 p.m. on the 1st of next month in the National Assembly Steering Committee chairman's office to discuss the constituency delimitation issue. Regarding this, a Delimitation Committee official said, "If the National Assembly sets the criteria, whether to apply those criteria will be discussed later."

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