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FINDING THE TRUTH
For a democracy to work, it is important that the people trust the institutions that carry out the policies. In Korea, where the people fought so hard to achieve democracy, and it is so recently achieved (1987), it is very important. The NCCK were on the front lines of the democracy movement in Korea, and continue to be committed to holding the government accountable for its actions.
During the presidential elections of Dec. 2012, there were disturbing signs of election fraud. One of them had to do with suspicions of tampering with electronic voting. After the election, two hundred thirty thousand people signed a petition to have the votes recounted by hand. But unfortunately the opposition party has not made any demands, and candidate Moon, the loser of the Presidential election, will not call for a recount.
On Monday, Jan. 21, the NCCK Justice and Peace Committee held a press conference, with an announcement the chairperson, Rev. Huh Won Bae, of the establishment of a Truth Commission to hold up some of the unanswered questions about the election. One of the most disturbing questions is the sip-al-dan SNS manipulating. If a sip-al-dan located a comment which praised the candidate Park Geun Hye, it was transmitted lavishly; while at the same time, malicious and slanderous comments were spread about candidate Moon Jae In. Unfortunately, Christian bodies have been implicated in this, and Rev. Yoon Jung Hoon has been arrested for illegal action during an election campaign. Even more disturbing is evidence that the National Security Agency gave the sip-al-dan access to computers and the Saenuri Party, the party of candidate Park, gave funding to them.
On Jan. 24, Peace and Justice Committee held a seminar with former Police University Professor Pyo Chang Won speaking against these scandals against democracy. |
