[단독]NEC “It’s because of the light”… Controversy over the “older association” voting promotional material

4·7 Seoul Mayor’s By-election Voting Encouragement The Central Election Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Election Commission) stated that “a difference in perception may occur depending on the light and angle,” saying that the color of the promotional material reminds me of the Democratic Party. 17 It was confirmed.

Ahead of the by-election, the Election Commission voted for 150 taxis in Seoul (March 6-April 7, budget 21.5 million won), “by-election of the Seoul Mayor, a precious right to be exercised,” and voting with confidence and complete quarantine disinfection. ‘Do it now’ and so on. The opposition party said “The color of the promotional text actually attached to the vehicle is close to the blue color, which is the symbol of the Democratic Party.”He is rebelling against him.

In a written response submitted to Rep. Eun-ah Huh, the NEC said, “We are paying special attention to the choice of colors, etc. in order to prevent the association of a specific political party from being associated with a specific political party. The color has nothing to do with a specific political party.” Following “Please understand that differences in perception may occur depending on various external environments such as light and angle.”He added.

Rep. Heo also received’the status of civil complaints for promotional materials produced by the NEC for the past three years.’ According to the current status data, the NEC received a total of 10 complaints during this period. At the time of the general election in their 20s, they asked for “correction as the symbol color of the Future Integration Party (predecessor of the people’s power) is reminiscent.”Was.

In this case, in March of last year, cherry blossoms and a big cloud were drawn along with the phrase’Beautiful election, happy Korea’ on the blog background screen operated by the NEC, but the color of the pink tone became controversial. Centering on the prone community, they shared links to inquiries and reports on the NEC website, saying, “It’s similar to the color of the party (Happy Pink) of the Unified Party” and “Let’s go as a group.” The NEC changed the background screen to white as civil complaints (a total of 6 cases were received) continued.

The remaining four were also complaints that the models in the ‘video trailer for the general election voting project’ of the NEC were holding pink roses at the same time. The NEC said “Considering that it may obscure the purpose of voluntary participation of celebrities, the part was revised in black and white and reposted”He explained. When asked,’What are the standards for public relations (such as revision)?’ the NEC replied, “There are no stipulated regulations.”

Rep. Heo said, “The promotional material actually attached to the taxi is similar to that of the Democratic Party in color and font.“Color is a key symbol of the party that can influence voters’ voting. “We need to take corrective action right away,” he said. In addition, referring to the celebrity voting encouragement video processed in black and white, “Stars’ donations of talent literally faded in the attack on the coordinates of the polar parents.“I pointed out.

The opposition party has repeatedly opposed the interpretation of the NEC. During last year’s general election, the opposition party’s slogan for “people’s livelihood breakdown” was disallowed, while the Democratic Party’s “destruction of pro-Japanese settlement” banner was allowed, leading to a controversy over the double standard. In January, regarding TBS’s’Let’s do #1′ campaign, the NEC said that it “does not fall under the pre-election campaign,” and recently decided that President Moon Jae-in’s visit to the vicinity of Gadeok Island in Busan was “not a violation of the election law.” The opposition party said “That’s why the word’in addition to the NEC’ comes out”(Spokesman Kim Ye-ryeong) and “Let’s replace the NEC with AI” (Rep. Ki-Hyun Kim) strongly opposed.

Reporter Hyun Il-hoon [email protected]