The Democratic Party's Election Commission announced on August 12 that it has dismissed allegations regarding Hwang Myung-sun's campaign activities and Jeon Jin-sook's involvement in illegal phone banking during the party's August 17 convention.
Im Ho-sun, the deputy chair of the central Election Commission, spoke to reporters after a meeting of the fair election subcommittee at the party's headquarters in Yeouido. He stated, "In the case of Hwang, there was no additional evidence beyond the captured photos," adding that they had completed their review of the submitted materials. Previously, Hwang faced accusations of being involved in organized activities within the campaign of Kim Min-seok, a candidate for party leader.
Im emphasized that they had also listened to recordings related to Jeon’s case, confirming that "Soh Byung-hoon, the chair of the central Election Commission, made the decision."
Meanwhile, the campaign team of candidate Jeong Cheong-rae had raised concerns the previous day, alleging that Jeon was assisting Kim through illegal phone banking and released recordings to support their claims, warning of potential legal action.
Specifically, Article 57-3 of the Public Official Election Act prohibits campaign activities by means other than those prescribed by law, while Article 255, Section 2, Clause 3 of the same law stipulates penalties of up to two years in prison or fines of up to 4 million won for election misconduct.
In response, Jeon's team expressed regret over what they described as Jeong's reckless behavior in distorting facts and labeling voluntary service as criminal activity. They asserted, "Voluntary campaign activities conducted via personal mobile phones do not constitute illegal phone banking. We demand an immediate halt to baseless accusations and media manipulation."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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