Huh accuses Ahn of violating Election Law

Huh Joon-young

By Jun Ji-hye

Huh Joon-young, the ruling Saenuri Party candidate running in the April 24 by-election in Seoul’s Nowon district, accused his independent counterpart Ahn Cheol-soo of violating the Election Law, Thursday.

Huh lodged an official complaint with the National Election Commission and the district public prosecutor´s office.

“About 30 banners encouraging people to vote are hanging in every street in Sanggye-dong. It appears as if Nowon residents voluntarily put up them, but it was Ahn who was behind this as they contain such words as new politics and mentor that remind people of him,” Huh said in a press release.

Under the law, candidates cannot install any banners that can influence the election.

One of banners that Huh presented as evidence reads “Your vote can achieve new politics in Sanggye-dong,” along with the name of a Nowon resident.

Huh, the former CEO of Korea Railroad (Korail), claimed that the reverse of the banners has the name of the Ahn Cheol-soo camp.

“It is clear that Ahn’s side put up such banners in order to garner more votes,” Huh said.

Huh called for the election watchdog and prosecution to conduct a search and seizure of Ahn’s campaign headquarters as well as the company that produced the banners in order to collect evidence.