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A STATEMENT FOR THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE 18TH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
BY SOUTH KOREAN ELECTORS IN THE UNITED STATES
BY SOUTH KOREAN ELECTORS IN THE UNITED STATES
Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of every democratic society. As fellow South Koreans and electors in the United States, we greatly appreciate the willingness of President-elect Geun-hye Park to integrate the nation by overcoming conflicts and divisions. We also hope that she will make the first step on this mission by listening to the half of South Koreans who were disappointed by the Lee government and thus wished for a regime change. We hereby sign this statement.
As well-noted, there were quite a few issues with the general election on Apr 11th, 2012, including the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack of the Election Administration Committee, the so-called tunnel DDos by Tae-ho Kim, voting by proxy in some facilities for the disabled, and so on. Although the Democrats raised these issues, there was no official investigation carried out by the Lee government, resulting in serious damage of the trust of South Koreans in the government and the Election Administration Committee. In this situation, a lot of questions have been raised regarding the presidential election as well, with as many as 200,000 people (as of the morning on Dec 28th) having signed in the petition for manual counting. As these problems signify a deep doubt about the legitimacy of the upcoming Park government, we request immediate action on the following items for the prevention of split in public opinion and for the stable start of the new regime.
1. To guard and check the use of power of national institutions is a duty and also a right of the people, that is specified in the constitutional law, for which relevant information should be accessible and clear. In fact, Republic of Korea National Election Commission is supposed to be proactive in educating the public even before requests for adequate information. We ask that Republic of Korea National Election Commission present the data of elections for the past 20 years on the voter turnouts and the percentages votes earned per each candidate, region, gender, and age group, in order to resolve repeatedly raised suspicions of election rigging such as “flipped votes”.
2. Republic of Korea National Election Commission has changed the voting stations without sufficient notice. It also has failed to provide adequate information about the reason for changing ballot box materials from metal to paper or plastic and about manual or electronic ballot counting process, although some questions were raised. As a measure to respect South Koreans' right to know and also to preclude additional controversy in the future, Republic of Korea National Election Commission must account for these matters.
3. In An-dong, a cluster of four ballots folded all together at once was found; not a bunch of four ballots which were separately-folded and then happened to sit on top of each other when being dropped in the ballot box. An explanation should be provided.
4. It should also be clarified why different ballot envelopes were used in different precincts and why see-through envelopes were used, allowing a collector to be able to read the ballot inside.
5. Analyses by statisticians and mathematicians should be run regarding the questions on the curves of voter turnout and the votes earned for Mr. Moon and Ms. Park measured over time.
6. The record-high voting rate was 97% on Mar 15th, 1960, when the infamous fraudulent election was held. But people in 50's were reported as the age group which marked 89.9% of voter turnout in this presidential election, which is considerably higher than other age groups. For verification, Republic of Korea National Election Commission should submit the register of the electors, on which who actually voted are marked.
7. Conventionally, a former judge of the Supreme Court has been appointed and selected, having created some debate over his qualification, the chairperson of Republic of Korea National Election Commission. However, Neung-hwan Kim, the head of the organization at the time of the presidential election, was not a judge of the Supreme Court, having created some debate even before the election. In order to settle the charges, the public should be informed on why and how he was appointed.
8. Besides, Public Official Election Act, article 107 was revised on Jun 25th, 2012, for an unclear reason about six months prior to the election, such that the preservation period of the materials of the presidential election, including the ballots, was shortened to one month. Justification for this revision should be presented.
9. Electoral Fraud Act, Act No. 9147 did not even have the extinctive prescription, because the electoral transparency and reliability is the cornerstone of democracy. Nevertheless, to much regret, this law had been abolished in Dec 2008 by the Lee government. Considering that the question itself about the background of such abrogation gives rise to doubt in the trustworthiness of the government, we insist that Electoral Fraud Act, Act No. 9147 be revived, and all the suspicions including those on the 4.11 election, which were listed in the beginning of this statement, should be thoroughly inspected and resolved.
10. Given unusually prevalent doubts as to this presidential election, we request the consideration to keep all data and the ballots safe and sound even longer than the period specified in Public Official Election Act, article 107, if the Lee government and Miss. Park are confident in the fairness and accuracy of each process of the election. We would like to also plead that the preservation period to be extended by law amendment.
In case the required manual counting has not been performed yet, Geun-hye Park is technically still a 'candidate,' not 'President-elect.' Even if the presidential election should be considered complete, all these questions and suspicions will become an obstacle for her mission of the new era and the new politics. Also, if she dismisses or suppresses people's demand for manual counting or even re-counting, which is their constitutional right, her new government may face a serious resistance. If Miss. Park wants to be recognized as a democratic leader, especially in this time when the world is paying a close attention to South Korea concerned about the possible revival of dictatorship, we propose that she should respect this petition and execute all of the above demands.
Dec XX, 2012
South Korean Electors in the United States
Who Wish for the Transparency of the 18th Presidential Election
제 18대 대통령 선거의 투명성을 요구하는 미주 유권자 성명서
우리는 18대 대통령 선거 재외국민 투표에 참여한 미주 유권자 및 동포들로서, 갈등과 분열을 넘어 하나의 대한민국을 이루고자 하는 박근혜 당선인의 국민 대통합 의지에 절실히 공감한다. 또한 박근혜 당선인이 이명박 정권에 실망하여 정권교체를 염원했던 절반의 국민에귀기울임으로써 국민 대통합의 첫걸음을 떼어주기를 바라는 뜻으로, 이 선언문에 서명한다.
이미 화제가 되었듯이, 지난 4.11 총선 때 속칭 '선관위 디도스' 사건, '김태호 터널 디도스' 사건, 장애인 시설의 집단 대리투표 등 여러 가지 의혹들이 있었다. 국정감사에서 민주당이 이 문제들을 제기하였으나 철저한 조사 없이 넘어감으로써 선거관리위원회와 이명박 정권은 국가권력에 대한 국민의 신뢰를 심각하게 손상시켰다.
이러한 상태에서 또 다시 이번 12.19 대선의 개표과정에 대한 의혹이 번져 12월 28일 오전 기준 20만여명이 수개표를 위한 청원에 서명하는 등 박근혜 정부의 정당성 자체에 대한 의심이 들끓고 있으니, 국론분열의 방지와 박근혜 정부의 안정적 출발을 위해 다음의 사항들을 즉각 이행하기를 요청한다.
1. 국민들이 국가 권력을 감시하고 견제하는 것은 의무이자 헌법에 명시되어 있는 권리로서, 이를 위해서는 정보의 접근가능성과 투명성이 요구된다. 공명선거를 염원하는 국민들의 정보공개 청구 이전에 선거관리위원회는 적극적으로 정보를 공개하고 교육할 의무가 있다.선거관리위원회는 매선거마다 끊임없이 제기되는 의혹의 해소를 위해 과거 20년간 후보자별 지역별 성별 연령별 투표율과 득표율을 공개하라.
2. 선거관리위원회는 적절한 안내 없이 투표소를 다른 장소로 변경한 적이 있었다. 또한 국민들의 의구심이 제기되었음에도 불구하고,투표함의 제작재료를 바꾼 이유와 수개표 및 전자개표 과정에 대한 충분한 정보를 제공하지 않았다. 국민의 알권리를 존중하고 차후의추가적 논란을 방지하는 차원에서, 이러한 사항들에 대해 해명하라.
3. 투표용지 4장이 따로따로 접힌 후 투표함 속에 겹쳐진 상태가 아닌, 4장의 투표용지가 한꺼번에 겹쳐서 접힌 뭉치가 안동 개표구에서발견되었다. 이런 일이 어떻게 있을 수 있는지 해명하라.
4. 부재자투표에 사용된 봉투가 지역마다 다른 이유와, 내용물이 훤히 비치는 봉투를 사용한 이유를 밝혀라.
5. 시간의 흐름에 따른 개표율과 득표율 변화를 나타내는 그래프의 형태로 인해 부정개표 논란이 불거지고 있다. 이에 대한 분석 및 해명을 위해 통계학자들과 수학자들의 분석을 의뢰하라.
6. 역사상 가장 높았던 투표율은 1960년의 3.15 선거 때의 97%로서 이는 부정선거였기에 가능했던 투표율인데, 이번 대선에서 유독50대만 89.9%의 투표율을 기록했다는 것에 대한 검증을 원한다. 선관위에 투표인 명부의 제출을 요구하되, 투표한 사람과 투표하지 않은사람을 구분하여 표기, 확인하고 밝혀라.
7. 중앙선거관리위원회 위원장직은 통상 전직 대법관이 맡아왔으나 대선 당시의 중앙선거관리위원회 위원장인 김능환은 대법관 출신이아니어서 대선 이전부터 자격논란이 있어왔다. 김능환 위원장의 임명사유 및 절차를 공개하여, 논란을 종식시키라.
8. 대선 6개월 전인 2012.6.25에 갑자기 공직선거관리 규칙 제 107조를 개정하여, 투표지 등의 대선자료 보존기간을 1