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Preliminary preparation was insufficient and post-processing was poor.

There has also been criticism from the ruling party as to whether the National Election Commission is correct in 2022.

The National Election Commission bowed its head, but in this vote, the plan is to put the ballot papers directly into the ballot box by the confirmed patients.



Reporter Hwa Kang-yoon reports.



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The deputy secretary-general of the National Election Commission attended the emergency report of the National Assembly amid criticism that the suffrage was damaged.



He said, "I bow my head to express my regrets," but he appeared empty-handed saying that he had not yet accurately grasped the situation.



[Park Wan-soo/People's Power Rep.: A day has passed so far, and I can't even grasp the current situation.]



[Park Chan-jin/Deputy Secretary General of the National Election Commission: (yet) There are parts that cannot be confirmed, and it is a bit to explain with some data. By the way, I couldn't prepare the materials...

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"Is it right for the National Election Commission in 2022?" and "It's worse than the elementary school class president election."

However, the ruling Democratic Party drew



a line on the spread of mismanagement into the election fraud controversy,



[Lee Hae-sik / Democratic Party Assemblyman: The people are looking as if the entire election itself has some suspicion.]



He was wary of supporters who doubted that even this vote did not participate.



[Kwon Young-se / General Power of the People Election Headquarters: Do not be disappointed by the poor management of the National Election Commission, and I earnestly appeal to you to participate in the voting more actively in times like



these.] President Moon Jae-in expressed his regret and ordered a detailed explanation of the circumstances, while the National Election Commission will hold an emergency plenary meeting in the morning of the 7th


to discuss the main voting measures on the 9th, such as removing the temporary voting booths.



A high-ranking official from the National Election Commission said, "We will make sure that electors who are confirmed or quarantined can cast their votes directly after voting at the same voting booths as the general public."



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi, video editing: Won Yang)



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Here is reporter Hwa Gang-yun, who covered the National Election Commission all day long.



Q. You called 'distrust of election management'



[Hwa Kang-yun/ Reporter: Yes, this is the most controversial part.

The question is whether the principles of direct and secret elections, guaranteed by Article 67 of the Constitution, are being followed.

The point is that the election clerks were operated in a way that collects the ballot papers in the middle, so I could not directly check whether the votes I took went into the ballot box.

In addition, the secret of who I filmed must be kept, but there were also scenes where papers voted for for a specific candidate were put in a plastic bag.

It is pointed out that the number of such votes was not even counted properly, and it was pointed out that even after the election was over, it gave an excuse for dissatisfaction.

The National Election Commission explained that there was no fraudulent election because there were observers from each party. It should not be overlooked that securing public trust through strict election management is also the core role of the National Election Commission.]



Q.. What are the measures to prevent recurrence?



[Hwa Kang-yun/Reporter: As we did our coverage, the National Election Commission announced that on this voting day, confirmed and quarantined persons would also put their ballot papers directly into the ballot box.

In this way, suspicion of proxy voting can be blocked at the source.

But there are other concerns.

There is a concern that the corona virus can spread throughout the ballot box.

For the safety of the ballot counting clerks who have to touch the ballot papers, the National Election Commission has required all of them to wear protective equipment such as face shields, gloves, and masks.

In this case, it seems that the speed of the counting, which starts at 7:30 p.m. an hour and a half later, will be slightly slower than usual.] 



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi, Video editing: Park Jeong-sam)