United Future Party "Nationwide Election Campaign Disruption... Response at the Campaign Committee Level"

Oh Se-hoon, the Seoul regional election campaign committee chairman of the United Future Party, is attending the Central Election Countermeasures Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 24th and delivering an opening remark. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Recently, the Seoul National University Student Progressive Union (Daejin-yeon) obstructed the election campaign of former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon in Gwangjin District, among other incidents of election campaign interference against United Future Party candidates nationwide. In response, the United Future Party announced that it will take measures at the level of the election countermeasures committee.

On the 24th, Lee Jin-bok, the general head of the United Future Party's election headquarters, stated at a committee meeting held at the National Assembly, "The election campaign interference by some civic groups such as Daejin-yeon and the Pro-Jo Kuk Solidarity is going beyond limits nationwide."

He said, "These groups follow the campaign sites of candidates Oh Se-hoon, Na Kyung-won, Kim Jin-tae, and Kim Tae-woo, engaging in organized election campaigning by distorting facts, slandering, threatening, and insulting," adding, "This violates the Public Official Election Act, which guarantees free election campaigning, and is an anti-constitutional act that obstructs elections, yet the police are not imposing sanctions."

He continued, "We urge the authorities to prevent recurrence, but if they do not correct this after our stern warning, we will respond at the central election headquarters level," adding, "The Election Commission is also showing a double standard by being strict with the United Future Party and lenient with the Democratic Party."

At the meeting, Oh Se-hoon, the Seoul regional election committee chairman, Kim Ki-hyun, the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam election committee chairman, and Kim Tae-woo, the candidate for Gangseo-eul, reported election campaign interference incidents occurring nationwide.

Chairman Oh said, "Although Daejin-yeon is deliberately obstructing the election, the police only watched the election site for more than 30 minutes, making it hard to shake off the strong suspicion that they 'came under instructions,'" adding, "When I held a solo protest, the police finally came out and said they were 'investigating' and hastily shifted responsibility to the Election Commission."

Chairman Kim also said, "In the last local election, the ruling party intensively intervened in the election and conducted covert investigations and operations. Ulsan is a representative case, but similar incidents occurred in the nearby Gyeongnam region," adding, "Once the regime tastes this, it is hard to escape the temptation of (election interference), so we must keep a sharp eye to prevent repeated covert investigations, covert operations, and election interference."

Candidate Kim also revealed, "On the 21st, I handed over to the police an individual who continuously filmed me illegally while greeting residents in Gangseo District," adding, "There are about 80 Democratic Party monitoring team members in Gangseo District, and one of them was the person who conducted the illegal filming." He also said that the day before, while greeting at Yangcheon Hyanggyo Station, he was obstructed by verbal abuse and stated, "I plan to file a complaint with the prosecution to thoroughly uncover those behind this."

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