Acting President Lee Joo-ho, who also serves as the Minister of Education, conveyed to the public, "Please exercise your voting rights guaranteed by the Constitution and show mature civic awareness."
On the 26th, the acting president presided over the "2nd meeting of the ministers related to fair elections" in preparation for the 21st presidential election, stating, "The government will do its utmost to ensure fair and transparent election management until the moment the votes are counted."
This meeting was held to thoroughly review all aspects of government election support in the remaining 8 days until election day, ensuring that a fair and transparent election can be conducted, gaining the trust of the public.
The government has completed the preparation of the voter registration list and sent out the election bulletin and voting instructions, and plans to support election operations seamlessly on advance voting days and election day by conducting training for election poll workers.
The government has also emphasized the political neutrality obligation of public officials to ensure fair election operations and has guided that violations will be strictly addressed in accordance with laws and principles. The policy is to continuously monitor all public officials to establish thorough political neutrality and maintain public discipline until the moment the election ends.
The government is actively responding to election-related offenses through the nationwide prosecution and police investigation teams established in district prosecutors' offices and police stations. It plans to respond strictly, based on the principle of detention investigations, to acts of violence against candidates and election officials, as well as repeated damage to banners and posters, while concurrently promoting proactive prevention activities to eradicate these issues.
The police have decided to enhance emergency operations on advance voting and election day by concentrating available personnel. They will support the transportation of ballot boxes and deploy police officers to all 254 counting centers to ensure that the election is conducted safely until the completion of the counting.
Meanwhile, during the week before election day, on the 29th and 30th, voters can participate in the election at nationwide advance voting locations, and on the actual election day, June 3, they can vote at designated polling places. The number of voters for the 21st presidential election is 44,391,871.