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

People Power Party lawmaker Na Kyung-won has issued a scathing criticism, characterizing the current state of affairs as "the worst-case scenario where the rule of law and democracy in the Republic of Korea are being simultaneously humiliated," citing allegations of election commission electronic manipulation, the court's rejection of search warrants, and the Democratic Party's push for amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act.

In a post on her Facebook page on the 26th, Rep. Na remarked, "While the Democratic Party is pushing forward legislation to completely abolish the prosecution's direct and supplementary investigation powers to complete their own narrative, they are simultaneously obstructing the launch of a special counsel to investigate the National Election Commission's (NEC) infringement on voting rights and atrocities related to electronic manipulation that have shaken the very foundations of the state."

Rep. Na also strongly condemned the NEC’s behavior, noting that evidence of real-time voter count manipulation, recently uncovered during investigations, has been found not only in the Gyeonggi region but also in the Chungcheong region.

She described the actions as "showing the audacity to falsely enter 100 people as 1,000, and then trying to cook the fake numbers by distributing them across nine neighboring polling stations," and labeled it as going beyond mere dereliction of duty—calling it clear-cut 'forgery of official electronic records' and 'obstruction of official duties' under the Criminal Act, as well as a grave 'crime of destroying the constitutional order.'

She further escalated her criticism regarding the court's rejection of search warrants for core evidence (messenger and email records) that allegedly showed NEC employees conspiring to "adjust the numbers without reporting to superiors," stating, "It is as if the judiciary is taking the lead in buying time for criminals to destroy evidence and manipulate records, providing them with an escape route."

She added, "It is akin to government troops, who should be catching thieves, helping them hide their ledgers," and pointed out, "This is why people are asking if the judiciary and the NEC are acting as one." She argued that this rejection of the warrant is precisely why a special counsel investigation is necessary.

Rep. Na argued that the Democratic Party should be completely excluded from the formation of this special counsel team for the NEC.

She asserted that because the Democratic Party has acted as a shield for the NEC, labeling every accusation of systemic corruption as a 'conspiracy theory,' their involvement in recommending members for the special counsel would constitute a serious conflict of interest and an obstruction of justice.

Furthermore, she called for a high-intensity, comprehensive investigation regarding the scope of the special counsel. Rep. Na argued that for the investigation to be without sanctuary, the scope must be significantly expanded to include all server data of the National Election Commission and the entirety of past elections, rather than limiting it to superficial, 'tail-cutting' investigations in a few local areas.

In other words, she maintained that there must be verification and technical audits of access and modification logs, counting system algorithms, source code, and counting logic, and that even the contractual relationships with outsourced companies must be thoroughly scrutinized.