Conservative People Power Party floor leader Song Eon-seog holds a placard protesting ballot shortages at a party session held in the National Assembly on June 4. [NEWS1]
The floor leader of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Thursday called for a parliamentary investigation into an unprecedented shortage of ballot papers in this week's local elections.
Rep. Song Eon-seog made the remarks during an emergency general meeting of PPP lawmakers at the National Assembly, after the shortage at more than a dozen polling stations in Seoul on Wednesday prompted a temporary suspension of voting. Some voters left without casting their ballots after a long wait.
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The incident sparked public outrage, with angry protesters blocking the entrance to one of the polling stations to prevent election officials from removing the ballot boxes.
