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!is has left a handful of stalwart YouTubers and reporters trying
to follow up on election integrity subjects in an attempt to keep
some level of public awareness alive. One such person is Heo
Gyeom, a journalist at SkyeDaily who has done good work on
these issues.
Also, Hwang Kyo-Ahn, a former Prime Minister of South Korea
continues to diligently promote election integrity and to pursue
and promote awareness of irregularities in the South Korean
electoral system, and encourages citizens to get involved in taking
on this threat.
Over 130 lawsuits were filed over election irregularities – an
unprecedented number. South Korean Electoral Law requires
they are addressed and resolved within 180 days. Only a small
handful had been taken up for consideration over a year later.
Even the main opposition party (the “conservatives”) did not
pursue the charges with any vigor. And they still don’t. Do so and
you will have trouble in the party, and if you wish to run you won’t
be selected as a candidate for o"ce. Keep your mouth shut about
election fraud, and things go easier for you.
!is is partly owing to some conservative politicians simply not
wanting to deal with the trouble and controversy that comes with
raising electoral fraud issues, thus posing a risk to their position.
In some cases it is said politicians simply don’t believe or cannot
imagine such allegations are true. And in a few cases there’s a
certain schadenfreude at seeing party rivals losing their elections.
42 Election Fraud in South Korea: Documenting the Truth