Disclosure of Public Official Inspection Cases Ahead of Local Elections... Prevention of Election Misconduct Occurrences

Dissemination of Inspection Cases to Local Governments Nationwide

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety disclosed on the 2nd the cases of election-related misconduct by local public officials detected during the past five weeks of inspection activities to prevent such incidents during the remaining election period leading up to the 8th nationwide local elections, which are four weeks away.

The public service inspection for the local elections has been conducted jointly by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and city/provincial governments (49 teams, 496 personnel) since March 30, and numerous election-related misconduct cases have been detected over the past five weeks.

Examining the detected election-related misconduct by type, various cases were confirmed, including violations of the obligation to prohibit political activities, election interference, violations of restrictions on donation activities, self-promotion of local government heads’ achievements, and violations of social network service (SNS) activities.

Accordingly, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to notify all local governments of the detected cases during the remaining local election period to ensure that all employees review them, and also to disclose the information on the Ministry’s official website.

Ko Gyu-chang, Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, stated, “Political neutrality of public officials is paramount to securing the fairness of nationwide local elections,” adding, “During the remaining election period, we will strengthen inspection activities to ensure strict election neutrality of local public officials and do our best in preventive measures.”

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