People Power Party Representative Na Kyung-won. [Photo=Yonhap News] 

People Power Party Representative Na Kyung-won has issued a scathing critique, linking allegations of election commission computer manipulation, the court’s dismissal of search warrants, and the Democratic Party of Korea’s push for amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act, labeling the situation "the worst-case scenario where the rule of law and democracy in the Republic of Korea are being simultaneously insulted."

On the 26th, Representative Na wrote on her Facebook page, "While the Democratic Party is pushing forward with legislation to completely abolish the prosecution's direct and supplementary investigation powers to suit their own narrative, they are obstructing the launch of a special counsel to investigate the National Election Commission’s (NEC) infringement on voting rights and their atrocities involving computer manipulation, which have shaken the very foundations of the nation."

Representative Na also strongly condemned the NEC’s conduct, noting that evidence of real-time voter count manipulation, recently uncovered during the investigation into the commission, has been found not only in the Gyeonggi region but also in the Chungcheong area.

She defined the act—which she described as "the brazenness of inputting 100 people as 1,000, then distributing the 900-person discrepancy across nine surrounding polling stations to force the numbers to match"—as going beyond simple dereliction of duty, labeling it clear "falsification of official electronic records" and "obstruction of justice" under the Criminal Act, as well as a grave "crime of destroying the constitutional order."

Furthermore, regarding the court's rejection of search warrants for key evidence (messenger and email records) of NEC employees conspiring to "match the numbers without reporting to superiors," she intensified her criticism, stating, "It is as if the judiciary is taking the lead in buying time for criminals to destroy or manipulate evidence and providing them with an escape route."

She added, "It is equivalent to government soldiers, who should be catching thieves, helping the thieves hide their ledgers," and pointedly asked, "This is why people are criticizing the judiciary and the NEC for acting as one body." She asserted that this warrant dismissal itself is a clear reason why a special counsel is necessary.

Representative Na argued that the Democratic Party of Korea must be completely excluded from the formation of this special counsel for the NEC.

She argued that the Democratic Party, which has acted as a shield by dismissing every point regarding the NEC's systemic corruption as a "conspiracy theory," would face a serious conflict of interest and obstruction of justice if they were allowed to participate in the recommendation of a special counsel.

In addition, she demanded high-intensity, comprehensive verification regarding the scope of the special counsel's investigation. For an investigation without sanctuary, Representative Na argued that the scope should not be limited to superficial "tail-cutting" in select regions, but must be significantly expanded to include the entire central election commission's server computer records and past elections as a whole.

In other words, she insists that verification and technical audits of access and modification logs, counting system algorithms, source codes, and counting logic are necessary, and that the contractual relationships with outsourcing firms must be thoroughly examined.