Jang Seong-bae Preliminary Candidate: "Will Gather Citizens' Will to File Constitutional Lawsuit Over Election District Confirmed by Detaching Haeryong-myeon"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Chunsu Kim] Jang Seong-bae, the Minsaeng Party preliminary candidate for Suncheon City, expressed a critical stance on the redistricting that divides Haeryong-myeon in Suncheon City, stating, “It is a political collusion and an unconstitutional decision, and we will gather the will of the citizens to file an unconstitutional lawsuit.”

Candidate Jang Seong-bae pointed out, “The first proposal by the Electoral District Delimitation Committee to split Suncheon City was based on the Constitutional Court’s decision,” and added, “The National Assembly, before the ink was even dry, crushed it and announced a hasty redistricting plan that politically colluded to detach Haeryong-myeon from Suncheon City and lease it to a neighboring area, an unprecedented experience.”

He continued, “Regarding the special election regulation that deprived the equality rights of Suncheon City voters and the representative rights of Haeryong-myeon, it is an election regulation beyond the scope of the National Assembly’s discretionary power requested constitutionally. We will gather the will of Suncheon citizens to file an unconstitutional law lawsuit,” and explained, “We will do our best to prevent illegal and unfair practices through all legal procedures.”

Currently, the Constitutional Court’s decision on electoral districts states that “the principle of population proportionality should be regarded as the most important and basic criterion when delimiting electoral districts, and the characteristics as a community of interest should be maintained as much as possible.”

In other words, when delimiting electoral districts, administrative districts, population, living areas, transportation, topography, as well as political, economic, geographical, and social factors must be comprehensively considered.

Candidate Jang Seong-bae strongly asserted, “We will restore the basic rights of about 55,000 Haeryong-myeon residents who were deprived of their fundamental rights in representative democracy and rebuild their pride,” and criticized the National Assembly’s redistricting plan, saying, “The natural right of Suncheon citizens to elect two members of the National Assembly was stolen twice in a row in 2016 and 2020.”

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