Hwang Kyo-ahn, the former Prime Minister, claimed on the 11th regarding the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk-yeol that "only the early voting is concealed by CCTV, unlike the voting on the day itself." Hwang has recently joined President Yoon's legal team.
On that day, Hwang Kyo-ahn appeared as a witness for the National Assembly at the seventh hearing of President Yoon's impeachment trial and stated at the end of Central Election Commission Secretary General Kim Yong-bin's testimony, "I have also been instructed by President Yoon, so I will ask additional questions," and proceeded to conduct a direct examination.
Hwang Kyo-ahn asked Secretary General Kim, "Is there a provision to conceal the CCTV at the early voting site?" To this, Kim responded, "I understand that part to be a measure to mitigate the risk of existing building CCTV recording the act of voters marking their ballots, as there was no installation of shielding at the moment."
Hwang Kyo-ahn then asked, "Is the CCTV also concealed during the voting on the day itself?" Kim replied, "Since it is regarding the marking booth, it is part of the method to prevent filming the marking booth." However, Hwang Kyo-ahn reiterated the question, asking, "Are you saying that the CCTV is concealed during the voting on the day itself as well, like at the early voting?" To which Kim answered, "If there is a CCTV that can film the marking booth as mentioned, it must be concealed to prevent that from happening."
In response, Hwang Kyo-ahn asserted, "The Secretary General is mistaken" and continued to say, "According to the Commission's guidelines, the CCTV is not concealed at the polling places on the day of voting, and it is only concealed at the early voting sites."
Kim noted, "I will verify again," but added, "I did not interpret the guidelines that way and have never issued such guidelines." He continued, "There is no reason for early voting to be different from the main voting. This part is a measure to ensure that the process of marking ballots is not recorded."
However, Hwang Kyo-ahn responded, "Please confirm and provide an answer later, as I am speaking based on clear facts. Saying that both the voting on the day and early voting CCTV are concealed is a lie."