Democrats criticize ruling party for politicizing ballot shortage

The Democratic Party has accused the ruling People Power Party and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon of prioritizing political conflict over addressing a shortage of ballot papers during the recent local elections. Democratic Party spokesperson Jeon Eun-su criticized People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk for provoking the public with baseless criticism, despite the government and ruling party having opened all avenues for fact-finding.

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Jang Dong-hyuk, the representative, is only criticizing for the sake of criticism and provoking the public, even though the government and the ruling party have already opened all possibilities for fact-finding.

Jeon pointed out the contradiction in the ruling party's stance, demanding a parliamentary inquiry and special investigation while refusing to cooperate with the formation of parliamentary committees. The Democratic Party asserted that the government and ruling party are already moving swiftly to thoroughly investigate the errors of the constitutional body, the National Election Commission, and are considering reforms.

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The behavior of demanding a parliamentary inquiry and special investigation while not cooperating with the formation of the parliamentary inquiry is contradictory.

Regarding Mayor Oh Se-hoon's claim that the president is ultimately responsible for the ballot shortage, Jeon labeled it a malicious political frame that disregards the constitutional principle of separation of powers. The spokesperson argued that dragging the president into every issue is a cowardly and outdated political tactic, and a shallow attempt to align with the opposition party's strategic attacks.

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The claim that it is 'all the president's responsibility' for an administrative error by the National Election Commission, an independent constitutional body, is a malicious political frame.