PPP Leader Jang Dong-hyeok: 'National Election Commission's Rejection of Petition Will Be Fought Through Lawsuit'

People Power Party Leader Jang Dong-hyeok stated regarding the National Election Commission's dismissal of the party's election appeal regarding the June 3 Seoul mayoral election, "We will fight it out again through an election lawsuit."

During a Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly today (the 13th), Leader Jang criticized, "The election commission itself acknowledged the violation of regulations. How is this any different from acknowledging a misjudgment, but refusing to look at it through a video assistant referee (VAR) system?"

He pointed out, "The dismissal was foreseeable from the moment the National Election Commission sent an official document to provincial and municipal election commissions instructing them to submit opinions dismissing the appeal. Despite the lack of ballot papers and exposed computer manipulation, the shamelessness of dismissing it on the grounds that we could not prove it affected the election results has resulted in a self-issued pardon."

Leader Jang also stated, "Forces threatening democracy as much as the election commission have also been exposed. A joint international research team from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and Germany's Max Planck Institute comprehensively analyzed 112 million Naver comments over 10 years, and found about 24,000 malicious accounts linked to foreign forces. This is clear evidence that foreign forces are intervening in our elections through public opinion manipulation."

He added, "I have already proposed introducing a nationality display system for online comments. The Democratic Party of Korea is jumping up and down, claiming it is 'anti-Chinese,' even though the country was not specified. Are they officially acknowledging that the online comment troops are from China? It is tantamount to confessing to being an accomplice of foreign forces manipulating public opinion."

Referring to cases of Chinese espionage and industrial espionage activities, he urged, "The Democratic Party has delayed the processing of the espionage law bill, stripped the National Intelligence Service of its anti-communist investigation authority, and even dismantled the Armed Forces Counterintelligence Command. They are trying to turn South Korea into a paradise for spies. If China's election interference and espionage activities are confirmed, we must strongly protest and devise countermeasures through international cooperation."

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