An unrepentant NEC

An unrepentant National Election Commission (NEC) is drawing the ire of lawmakers. While officials offered apologies, their actions suggested a lack of remorse. On Tuesday, all nine NEC commissioners were asked to appear and testify before the National Assembly, but only two showed up. Some lawmakers described their absence as a collective act of defiance, calling it unacceptable, although five of them belatedly appeared before the Assembly. The election commission has become a public target since the June 3 local elections. Its mismanagement of election affairs demonstrated that it is unreliable, untrustworthy and far from being a credible institution. The NEC appears to be well aware of the public anger directed at it. Yet it is still struggling to understand what went wrong and whether it is capable of fixing its problems on its own. We Chul-whan, NEC standing commissioner, admitted that the election commission had failed to inspire public confidence and had shown itself to be incapable. However, he also shifted the blame. His criticism was directed at staff members responsible for dWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times