Gwangju Buk-gu Resident Autonomy Committee Member Fined for Illegal Election Campaigning

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] A resident autonomy committee member of Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, who conducted election campaigning by reading a speech supporting a specific local election candidate, was fined.

On the 3rd, according to the legal community, the 12th Criminal Division of the Gwangju District Court (Chief Judge Kim Hye-seon) sentenced A (48) to a fine of 500,000 won on charges of violating the Local Education Autonomy Act.

A was prosecuted for illegal election campaigning by appealing for support for Lee Jeong-seon, a candidate for Gwangju Superintendent of Education in the June 1 local election, on May 22 of last year.

A climbed onto the podium of a speech and discussion vehicle near a park in Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, and read a speech promoting the candidate's educational career and achievements and appealing for support.

Under current law, members of the resident autonomy committee installed in the resident autonomy center are not allowed to conduct election campaigns.

The court said, "The defendant's crime has undermined the fairness of the election, so the culpability is not light."

However, it added, "Considering various sentencing factors comprehensively, such as the defendant admitting the crime and showing remorse, the violation being minor due to the short duration of the speech, and having no prior criminal record."

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