Politics · South Korea · 1 hr ago
South Korea’s Democratic Party urges opposition to accept election review
Democratic Party floor leader Han Byung-do urged the People Power Party to accept the election special counsel’s findings in South Korea.
The call came as a special counsel began checking 2.47 million ballots stored at a counting site in Seoul’s Olympic Park on October 28.
The review follows claims of election irregularities, and Han said People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok had previously called for a special-counsel review.
Han accused the opposition of delaying the work over how it would be filmed, a claim the report does not independently verify.
He also demanded that People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu resign from a parliamentary committee over remarks about the May 18 uprising and former president Chun Doo-hwan.
Han said his party had reported another People Power Party lawmaker, Joo Jin-woo, to police over alleged defamation of Kim Hye-kyung.
Han said the opposition should accept the review’s results, but the report gives no response from the People Power Party or timeline for the review’s completion.
South Korea’s Democratic Party urged the People Power Party to promise to accept the results of a special prosecutor’s review and investigation of election ballots.
Democratic Party floor leader Han Byeong-do accused the opposition of delaying the review by objecting to its filming method.
The special prosecutor began examining 2.47 million ballots stored at an Olympic Park counting center on October 28.
Han said opposition leaders and supporters promoted claims of election fraud and calls for a new election during the review.
- Who
- South Korea’s Democratic Party, led on this issue by floor leader Han Byeong-do, urged the People Power Party to accept the review’s results.
- What
- The Democratic Party called on the opposition to promise to accept the special prosecutor’s election review and investigation.
- When
- Han made the call on October 29, 2026. The ballot review began on October 28.
- Where
- The review was being conducted at a ballot counting center at Olympic Park in Seoul.
- Why
- The Democratic Party accused the People Power Party of delaying the review and using election-fraud claims for political purposes.
Democratic Party
People Power Party
Review results
Democratic Party
The Democratic Party urged the opposition to promise to accept the special prosecutor’s review and investigation results.
People Power Party
The People Power Party had called for verification through a special prosecutor, but its leader objected to the filming method, according to Han.
Conduct at the review
Democratic Party
Han accused the opposition of promoting election-fraud and new-election slogans and delaying verification.
People Power Party
The People Power Party’s position on those accusations is not stated in the sources.
The special prosecutor began verifying 2.47 million ballots stored at the Olympic Park counting center.
Democratic Party floor leader Han Byeong-do urged the People Power Party to promise to accept the review and investigation results.
- Ballots under review
- 2.47 million
- Review location
- Olympic Park counting center
- Review began
- October 28, 2026
- Democratic Party floor leader
- Han Byeong-do
- Call to accept results
- October 29, 2026
What people are saying
Promise to accept the special prosecutor’s verification and investigation results.
Is it afraid that the suspicions will disappear?
The People Power Party and its leadership should promise to accept the verification and investigation results of the special prosecutor for the National Election Commission.