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The Central Election Commission (election committee) said,’Why do you do by-election?’ After judging the banner as illegal, only the initial voice of the’by-election’ was written as a protest level,’Why do you do it?’ The placard also said it was illegal. This is a banner issued by women’s organizations to remind them that the Seoul-Busan mayoral by-election is related to sexual violence, and the election committee stipulated that it could have an effect on the election. On the 6th, the NEC and the mayor of Seoul may summarize the joint action (joint action) in the case of violent sexual violence. He also announced that the initial banner could be demolished for violating the election law. Previously, the NEC announced the’Why do you do by-election by joint action?’ The banner was not allowed. It was because it was judged that this phrase was’to influence the election’ according to Article 90 of the Public Official Election Act. An official from the Seoul Election Commission said, “We judged that the initial banner was illegal and guided (to joint action).” “Under the Election Act, only banners are allowed to encourage participation in voting. Like a banner, we judged that it could have an effect on the election.” Seoul Mayor Kim Dan-bi, a joint action activist on the violent sexual violence case, said, “I received an answer from the company in charge of posting the banner that the NEC was not allowed to post the initial banner. He said, “If you do, it can be demolished.” Activist Kim continued, “Even the question of why the by-election was now being used as a slogan for the attack.” “I am asking how the incident that caused the by-election was possible. None of the current politicians have accurately considered the cause of this incident.” On that day, the Korean Women’s Association held a press conference calling for a gender equality policy for the 4-7 Mayor and Busan Mayor by-election in front of the Seoul City Hall in Jung-gu, Seoul, and criticized it as “an election that has disappeared from the gender equality agenda, even though this election was initiated by sexual violence.” They said, “Feminist citizens are △a market that can solve the problem of violent sexual violence, which is the cause of this by-election, and prevent recurrence △A market that recognizes the problem of gender discrimination in our society and prepares policies to realize gender equality. △ We oppose discrimination and hate against minorities, and we want a market that pursues social justice.”

By Kim Yoon-joo, staff reporter