As the ‘online party member bulletin board controversy’ continues, it was confirmed on the 23rd that the People Power Party recently conducted a thorough investigation of 1,068 posts posted under the names of Representative Han Dong-hoon and Representative Han’s family.
According to the results of the investigation, there were 161 posts posted under the name Han Dong-hoon, and the party leadership concluded that 12 of these contained high-level profanity and slander against President Yoon Seok-yeol and First Lady Kim Kun-hee. Representative Han’s side explained that the article posted under his name was “a person with the same name.”
Han Dong-hoon, representative of the People Power Party, is speaking at the party-government council to inspect the people’s livelihood and economy held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the afternoon of the 22nd. Yonhap News
The number of posts posted under the name of a representative family member reached 907. Of these, 250 were editorials and articles from media outlets, 194 were words of encouragement from a representative, and the remaining 463 were classified as expressions of political views, such as opposing the reinstatement of former South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Kyung-soo or calling for the resignation of former Policy Committee Chairman Jeong Jeong-sik.
A party official told Yonhap News, “The writer of the article with the same name as Representative Han is also a party member, so it would be difficult to treat him as a criminal just because he used abusive language toward the president.” Next, in response to the pro-Yoon group’s request to conduct an audit of the party affairs of the writer of the article, he said, “The only cases in which party affiliation can be confirmed are when a search and seizure warrant is issued under the Political Parties Act, when the court requests it, and when the National Election Commission confirms it,” and said that an audit was impossible. showed attitude.
On the other hand, an official of the National Election Commission said in a phone call with Yonhap News, “The political party law applies when an outside party attempts to view the party member list,” and added, “There are no regulations restricting the viewing of the party member list within a political party.” This was interpreted to mean that it was possible for a political party to verify the identity of its members.
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