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institutions. Correcting any suspicions about elections is the minimum obligation of
any state agency that has been delegated sovereignty from the people. It is the stern
right of the sovereign people to require a convincing clarification for the reasonable
and concrete suspicions and to improve arrangements for a fair and transparent
election system. Suspicion will only continue to grow, and the very foundation of the
nation will be shaken unless the ballot boxes and ballots containing our valuable
votes, all related equipment, the program source codes used, and the details of any
communications that occurred in the field are transparently disclosed, and a
thorough investigation is conducted into the entities involved.

Thus, we strongly demand the followings:

First, apart from the ongoing election proceedings, we require all state agencies
including the prosecution, the police, the auditors, and the courts to take full-fledged
measures within their respective powers in order to thoroughly discover alleged
violations and elucidate suspicions on the election.

Second, we urge the National Election Commission to allow the general public
voluntary disclosure and access to relevant information without restrictions, to
resolve any suspicions raised about the 21st general election.

Third, any official who has concealed the truth of the alleged fraud or those who have
not initiated due procedure, in spite of the numerous reasonable allegations raised,
must be accountable for the results regardless of their position. At the same time,
any person or power that hinders or distorts the austere and transparent verification
and investigation must take responsibility.

Fourth, we require anyone involved in organized election misconduct should
righteously be punished legally. We also urge the members of Korean National
Assembly to undertake an overhaul and fundamental reform of the political system
as well as the problematic election system, to correct the problems that are to be
revealed from the results of the investigation on the rigged election and from the
public verification.

Fifth, the press and media should impartially report our assertion so that it could be
accurately delivered to all people without distortion. Hence, we urge the press and
media to demonstrate their vocation and respond to the calling of the times by
transparently reporting clear facts so that people can judge their own suspicions that
might be raised even after today.

Mistrust in elections is a grave cause of crisis to the country's backbone.

We take the current situation very seriously and declare that we will continue to fight
indefinitely until our demand for prompt investigation and verification by the public
are accepted. The number of citizens participating will be snowballing until our
unquestionable and legitimate demands are met. In Korean society, where common
sense and illuminating the truth is becoming more and more difficult, the fierce
struggle of ordinary people will continue tomorrow and beyond./

Despite all of these evidence and facts and two-year-long street protests, the Korean
courts, including the Supreme Court, have kept delaying any process of hearing and
deliberation as to any of 123 legal claims of electoral fraud, despite the fact that the
Public Official Election Act stipulates that the court must issue the final sentencing

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