One of the most important questions about the martial law three days ago is why did President Yoon send special forces (297) to the National Election Commission?
President Yoon may have ordered troops to be deployed to the NEC to get to the bottom of the election fraud since all the important election servers are stored there.
It is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to prove an election fraud. Even if President Yoon declares a war on election frauds, he must have extraordinary pieces of data to back this up.
Three days have passed since South Korean President Yoon Seok-Yeol announced a martial law, only to have it voted down by the Parliament in about six hours. I remember 1980 when I was living in Seoul as a young boy. This was when South Korea last had its martial law. Times have changed much since then and for most people in Korea, the word martial law is something they have just read about, rather than experienced. The last three days in Korea have been like some action packed scenes from one of Tom Clancy's novels or from the hit TV series 24.
More information have been revealed about the announcement and cancellation of the martial law in Korea. In this insight, we first discuss some of the new information and facts about what exactly has happened in Korea in the past three days.
Why Did President Yoon Deploy Special Forces to the National Election Commission buildings?
One of the most important questions about the martial law three days ago is why did President Yoon send special forces (297) to the National Election Commission (NEC) (3 buildings in Gwacheon office, Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, and Gwanak-gu, Seoul)?
The number of troops sent to the National Election Commission buildings was more than the number of troops sent to the National Assembly (280). The National Election Commission is responsible for managing the important elections in South Korea (including the National Assembly and Presidential elections).
In fact, the now-former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun stated that "the reason why the troops were sent to the National Election Commission was to assess the necessity of an investigation into alleged election fraud." He also mentioned that “It was deemed necessary to secure systems and facilities to assess the necessity of a future investigation, as many citizens had raised suspicions of election fraud.”
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