Jeonju-byeong, Jeonbuk, and Jeong Dong-young, preliminary candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea. /News 1
On the 6th, the Democratic Party of Korea’s Central Party Election Management Committee decided to impose a ‘warning’ sanction on Jeonbuk Jeonju Byeong candidate Jeong Dong-young, who was suspected of inducing false responses during an opinion poll.
The National Election Commission of the Central Party explained on this day, “This is the result of comprehensive consideration, including the content of the candidate’s remarks, the timing of the remarks, the claims and explanations of the candidate and the opposing candidate after the issue was reported in the media, and several articles reported in relation to this matter.”
Rep. Kim Seong-ju, who is competing against prospective candidate Jeong in the primary, previously accused prospective candidate Jeong of publishing false facts. Rep. Kim held a press conference on the 6th and said, “Many people were shocked to see reports that preliminary candidate Chung had asked about 200 citizens to ‘respond in their 20s to an opinion poll’ in December last year,” and added, “Old politics are coming again.” “He showed his shame again.” He continued, “At the time, the public opinion poll was the first to be conducted ahead of the general election, and it was an important poll that influenced public opinion depending on the results.”
Preliminary candidate Jeong said, ‘People in their 20s don’t get calls telling them to die (opinion polls). Even if they accept it, they will cut it off if they say it is a public opinion poll. He is said to have made a remark to the effect of, “Everyone, please take care of your 20s.”
Rep. Kim said, “At a press conference on the 4th, preliminary candidate Jeong denied the statement itself and claimed it was a ‘slander.’ Then, less than a day later, he told the media, ‘It was a joke to encourage political participation,’ thereby dissuading voters.” “He consistently behaved in an insincere manner that seemed to be mocking.”
On the 4th, the Jeonju Deokjin Police Station received a complaint against prospective candidate Jeong on charges of soliciting and inducing false responses under the Public Official Election Act.
Candidate Chung’s side said, “The election management committee’s response is that the opinion poll in question was not for the party’s primary, but was a media opinion poll, so it has nothing to do with election law.” “We plan to hold them legally responsible,” he said.
2024-03-06 22:21:00
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