Over controversy about a lack of transparency that arose during the vote count for the June 3 local elections, People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok proposed to Democratic Party of Korea leader Jung Chung-rae and Prime Minister Kim Min-seok that they meet to discuss a rerun and a special counsel investigation.
On the 13th, Jang said on his social media (SNS) Facebook that he was ready to meet as early as today without formalities.
Jang said, "Prime Minister Kim Min-seok has even called for dissolving the National Election Commission, and leader Jung Chung-rae said he agrees to a special counsel," adding, "Let's meet today to discuss a rerun and a special counsel."
Jang then mentioned the so-called "twin votes" phenomenon, where candidate-by-candidate tallies came out identical at different polling stations. He wrote, "There were as many as 869 twin-vote cases nationwide. We even found 15 triplet-vote cases," adding, "Even so, the National Election Commission's fact-finding committee excluded them entirely from those surveyed. The commission keeps repeating only that 'it is statistically possible.'"
Jang also said, "The Songpa-gu election commission was caught moving items out of a temporary office even as a search and seizure was underway, and it was said that all ballot boxes had been discarded, yet they were eventually found," adding, "Following North Jeolla, about 1,700 votes were omitted in the Gyeonggi superintendent of education election as well. Cases were also found where candidate-by-candidate tallies were entered in reverse."
In an additional post on Facebook the same day, Jang said, "Only dissolution is the answer for the National Election Commission. It is incompetence, irresponsibility, insensitivity, and recklessness itself," adding, "A rerun, a special counsel, electoral reform, and reform of the National Election Commission are the answer. Not a single one can be left out. There will be no compromise."