[정치]”Neither’Spring’ nor’Incompetence'”…Controversy over prohibiting the NEC’s excess

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Controversy over the decision of the Central Election Commission to ban hypocrisy, incompetence, and even everyday words such as spring as a voting encouraging phrase.

The NEC explains that under the current law, expressions reminiscent of a specific party cannot be used, but there are many criticisms that the expression of political opinions is excessively imprisoned.

This is a reporter, General Manager.

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The power of the people to put up a banner to encourage voting that voting could defeat the poor, hypocrisy, and incompetence was put to a standstill.

Because it is reminiscent of the Democratic Party, it was interpreted to be a violation of the election law.

[주호영 / 국민의힘 원내대표 : 무슨 특정 정당을 연상시킬 수 있어서 못한다? 문재인 대통령이 가덕도 방문해서 가슴이 뛴다는 게 특정 정당이 연상되지 않습니까? 그런 뉴스 보지 않습니까?]

But it’s not just the power of the people.

Recently, the Democratic Party’s banner to vote when’Spring’ came was banned because it reminded them of the Democratic Party.

From “Let’s vote” reminiscent of candidate Park Young-seon’s “let’s do” and “the power of the people”, sentences containing the numbers 1 or 2, such as “Please vote early” and “the people win,” were also widely restricted. .

It is according to Article 90 of the Election Act that no party or candidate can be inferred on the voting encouragement banner.

However, it was not until the general election last year that the legal interpretation began to be strict.

At that time, the opposition party’s phrase asking to prevent the collapse of people’s livelihood by voting in the Dongjak-gu election was disallowed, and the ruling party’s phrase to liquidate pro-Japanese by voting was allowed, and controversy arose.

The NEC reinforced its own interpretation standards by strictly regulating words that are similar to the terms used by political parties.

[이동영 / 정의당 수석대변인 : 천백 년 전 관심법을 썼던 궁예도 뒷목을 잡고 쓰러질 정도로 어이없는 선관위의 유권해석입니다. 도를 넘는 판단이 시민의 기본권을 제약하고 있는 것은 심각한 민주주의의 훼손이 (아닐 수 없습니다.)]

The NEC’s position is that it has no choice but to maintain the current policy unless the National Assembly changes the underlying election law regulations.

However, even though the law has not changed, it seems difficult to avoid criticism of the NEC as it has reinforced regulations by changing its interpretation standards.

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