Rep. Song Ki-hun, head of the Democratic Party of Korea’s task force on election commission reform, and other lawmakers hold a news conference Thursday at the National Assembly in Seoul. Photo by Asia Today
July 9 (Asia Today) -- South Korea's ruling Democratic Party of Korea said Thursday it will propose three bills aimed at overhauling the National Election Commission, including making the commission's chair a full-time position and introducing a confirmation hearing system for its secretary general.
The party's task force on election commission reform held a news conference at the National Assembly and said it prepared the bills to respond "more preemptively and actively" to what it called a recent infringement of citizens' voting rights.
The package includes revisions to the National Election Commission Act, the National Assembly Act and the Personnel Hearing Act.
The party plans to change the National Election Commission chair from a part-time to a full-time position. It said the change is intended to improve the current part-time structure and create a system in which the commission's major affairs are managed and supervised more effectively.
