Democratic Party SNS Features Citizen Party Promotional Video... Election Commission Says "No Problem"

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] The Central Election Commission has judged that there is "no problem" regarding the promotional video of the Deobureo Citizen Party posted on the official Facebook account of the Democratic Party of Korea.

On the 5th, the Election Commission stated, "Online election campaigning is allowed anytime by anyone as long as it is not false or defamatory," clarifying that the Democratic Party's promotion of the Citizen Party on SNS does not violate election laws.

Previously, the Democratic Party uploaded a promotional video of the Citizen Party on its official Facebook page. The video included messages such as, "Together with Kim Dae-jung, together with Roh Moo-hyun, together with Moon Jae-in. You, who still feel passionate just by hearing these three names, you are the Deobureo Citizen Party," and "A party that stays with the three presidents until the end, the Deobureo Citizen Party. Let us walk the path unwaveringly together." Some netizens who saw this pointed out that "the Democratic Party promoting the Citizen Party is a violation of election law."

Article 88 of the Public Official Election Act stipulates that candidates, election managers, and election office heads cannot campaign for other parties or candidates. The Election Commission's judgment is that political parties are not included in this restriction.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party and the Citizen Party changed the design of their 'twin campaign buses' after receiving election law violation warnings from the Election Commission. Previously, the Election Commission requested correction, stating that the existing campaign bus expressing the general election date '15' by using the Democratic Party's number '1' and the Citizen Party's number '5' had the potential to violate election laws.

The Democratic Party used blue wrapping on the new bus and inscribed only the phrase "The Democratic Party of Korea protecting the people" without any number. Similarly, the Citizen Party used the same background and added phrases without numbers such as "Protecting the people! Deobureo Citizen Party" and "Deobureo Citizen Party together with the Moon Jae-in government."

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