세계의 역사를 뒤져보면, 현재 한국을 비롯한 전세계가 Coronavirus Pandemic으로 전전 긍긍하고, 전염되는 것을 막아보고져, 안전거리유지(Social Distancing)를 유지하면서, 뾰쪽한 방역대책도 없이, 주로 집에서 생활하도록 강제 명령을 내리고 있는 가운데, 한국은 국회의원 선거를 치렀는데, 이렇한 큰 위험을 무릅쓰고 선거를 강행한 경우는 매우 드물다는 자료들을 보았었다. 또한 이렇게 강행하는것은 국민들을 전염병위험속으로 몰라넣는 커다란 도박이라는 전문가들의 경고가 있었지만, 문재인 정부는 밀어 부친것이다.
그이유는 Coronavirus pandemic방역 대책을 정부가 잘해서, 확진환자를 다른나라에 비해서 확진여부 검사와 치료를 잘했다는 평가를 외신을 비롯한 국내 언론이 보도하면서, 지난 3년간 경제가 끝이 보이지 않는 나락으로 떨어져, 재집권의 희망이 사라져 가는것 같았던 집권 여당에 유리하게 작용하자 이기회를 놓치지 않겠다는 계산을 깔고 투표를 강행 시킨것인데, 문재인의 업적을 평가하는 일종의 중간선거 성격을 띤 국회의원을 선출하는 총선을 강해하여, 그들의 술수데로 국민들은 다시 문재인 당을 선호하는 방향으로 투표했음이 출구조사 결과에서 밝혀지고 있다.
예상을 뒤엎는 이변이 일어났다. Covid-19의 전염병 위험속에서 국민들은 마스크를 쓰고 투표장에서 귀중한 한표를 자기가 원하는 당에 찍는 주권행사를, 수요일, 완료했다.
그런분위기속에서 국민들은 아주 골이 깊게 두파로 나뉘어 있음을 확실히 보여주었다. 문재인을 지지하는 유권자와 죽어버린 경제와 국제적 위상을 되살리고 맘데로 입법하여, 국민들이 아주 싫어하는 악법들을 양산하여, 목을 조이는듯이 서서히 자유를 빼앗아가려는 꼼수를 반대하는 보수계열을 지지하는 유권자들로 나뉘어져 있었다.
결론적으로 얘기하면, 우리 대한민국은 Coronavirus Pandemic이 지난 3년간, 탈원전정책을 비롯한 완전히 망가진 경제기반과 아마추어 수준에도 못미치는 외교로 국제적으로 왕따를 당해온, 문재인정부와 국회를 다시 회생시켜주는 보약역활을 해준셈이다.
민주당이 다시 과반석 이상을 차지하게 됨으로써, 문재인은 Lame Duck 현상을 극복하고, 그의 정치적 사회주의적 사상이 깊이 자리하고있는, 국내문제와 외교정책, 특히 북한과 맺은 허울좋은 "평화협정"정책을 그대로 밀고 나갈것으로 예측된다. 사회주의로 내달린다는 뜻이다. 문제는 이들 사회주의자들이 대국민 선거운동이나, 정책발표시 절대로 "사회주의, 공산주의, 전체주의"를 표현하지 않고, 간접적으로 표현하는데, 그중에서 그들이 즐겨사용하는 '포퓰리즘'으로 국민들을 사탕발림해서, 속임수를 이용한다는점이고, 국민들은 몇푼의 공짜(?)뇌물에 완전히 스며든다는 점이다. 무서운 기만 정책이다.
만약에 야당이 과반수 의석을 얻게된다면, 문재인대통령은 남은 임기동안 허수아비(Lame Duck)신세로 전락할것이며, 그들의 죄과를 치르게 될 공산이 크지만, 꼼수만들기에 선수들인 문재인과 민주당은 2년후에 치러질 대선에 모든 운명을 걸과 밀어부칠것으로 예상된다.
내생각으로는 미래 통합당의 과반수 의석확보는 물건너 간것으로 걱정되는데, 출구조사와 여론조사는 100% 확신할수 없었음을 과거의 선거결과에서 경험했기에, 아직 섣부른 Give up은 금물이라고 믿는다.
문제는 개표시에 표도둑맞지 않도록 선거참관자들의 피나는 노력이 절대 필요하다. 이것마져 지켜지지 않으면, 지금까지 누려왔던 자유민주주의 대한민국의 앞날은 없을것으로 앞날이 훤히 보인다.
이렇게 되면, 그동안 힘들게 온 국민이 하나되여 한국경제를 일으키고 발전시켜왔던 "한강의 기적"은 영원히 역사속으로 숨어버릴것이다. 이점이 너무도 원통하다. 오늘을 살고있는 국민들의 의식수준이 이것밖에 안된다니....다음의 선거를 정당하게 치르기위해서라도, 국민들 대다수가 이해를 못하고있는, 급조된 "연동형비례 대표제"를 폐지하고, 중앙당에서 공천하는 악법을 뒤집어서, 상향식으로 후보선출하는 서구나라의 선거법을 도입해서 조속히 실행해야 그나마 희망이 있다고 절규한다.
http://lifemeansgo.blogspot.com/2020/04/blog-post_40.html
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of -- In a surprisingly high turnout, millions
of South Korean voters wore masks and moved slowly between lines of tape
at polling stations on Wednesday to elect lawmakers in the shadows of
the spreading coronavirus.
The government resisted calls to postpone the parliamentary elections billed as a midterm referendum on President Moon Jae-in, who enters the final two years of his term grappling with a historic public health crisis that is unleashing massive economic shock.
While South Korea's electorate is deeply divided along ideological and generational lines and regional loyalties, recent surveys showed growing support for Moon and his liberal party, reflecting the public's approval of an aggressive test-and-quarantine program so far credited for lower fatality rates for the coronavirus compared to China, Europe and North America.
"We are going through difficult times, but the coronavirus and politics are two different things," said voter Lee Kum.
Another Seoul resident, Chung Eun-young, said she arrived at her polling station just after 6 a.m. to avoid crowds.
"I was worried about the coronavirus," she said. "They checked my temperature and handed me gloves, but it wasn't as bothersome as I thought it would be. ... I don't like what we are going through, but I cast my ballot to prevent the wrong candidates from getting elected."
The long lines that snaked around public offices and schools followed record-high participation in early voting held on Friday and Saturday, and defied expectations of low turnout to minimize social contact.
The National Election Commission said 15.6 million people had voted as of 5 p.m. When combined with the 11.8 million who cast their ballots during early voting or by mail, the overall turnout was at 62.6%, the highest since a 60.6% turnout in the 2004 general election.
Wednesday's voting, which comes amid a slowing virus caseload in South Korea, draws a contrast with an upended election cycle in the United States, where some states have pushed back presidential primaries or switched to voting by mail.
To hold the parliamentary elections as scheduled, South Korean officials and health authorities drew up a deliberate set of preventive measures to reduce risks of the virus being transmitted.
Duct tape or stickers marked a meter (3 feet) of social distancing space from nearby streets to ballot booths. Masked poll workers checked temperatures of arrivals and whisked anyone with a fever or not wearing a mask to separate areas to vote, sanitizing the facilities after they voted. Voters who passed the fever screening got sanitizing gel and disposable plastic gloves before entering booths.
The government also mapped out a voting process for those quarantined in their homes, a number that ballooned after the country began enforcing two-week quarantines on all arrivals from overseas on April 1.
Officials texted eligible voters in self-quarantine before the vote and about 13,000 affirmed they wanted to participate. Those without fever or respiratory symptoms were given permission to leave their homes from 5:20 p.m. to 7 p.m. so they could cast their ballots after 6 p.m., when polling stations close for other voters.
They were to be escorted or monitored through tracking apps and must maintain a 2-meter (6-foot) distance at polling places, while workers fully dressed in protective suits were to disinfect booths after each of them votes.
Hospitalized patients or those who were then under two-week quarantine were able to vote by mail if they had applied in late March. Around 400 of the mildly ill voted at temporary shelters during last week's early voting.
South Korea has confirmed more than 10,590 coronavirus cases, including 225 deaths, with the number of new infections decreasing in recent weeks. But there's concern about rising cases in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, and worries that crowds at parks and on mass transportation may be a sign of a relaxing of social distancing.
"Please do exercise your valuable rights by voting, but also refrain from other gatherings or activities that involve multiple people in confined spaces," Health Ministry official Yoon Tae-ho said.
South Korea's 300-member parliament, the National Assembly, is elected every four years. Voters directly elect 253 district seats while the remaining 47 go to proportional representatives.
While dozens of parties have registered candidates, the elections are seen largely as a two-way race between Moon's ruling Democratic Party and the main conservative opposition United Future Party. Both have registered satellite parties in a bid to win more proportional representative seats.
Just three years ago, mass protests ousted Moon's corrupt predecessor, but public displays of South Korea's dynamic democracy were muted this year by the virus. Candidates, wearing masks and gloves, avoided large rallies and handshakes. Things were more heated on the internet, which overflowed with bitter exchanges between supporters of Moon and his conservative opponents, who accuse the government of economic and foreign policy failures and botching the financial response to the epidemic.
Before the virus began absorbing public attention, Moon saw his support falter over a decaying job market, corruption scandals surrounding key political allies and an ambitious but fragile diplomacy with rival North Korea that's falling apart.
Moon held three summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in 2018, but the North in recent months severed virtually all co-operation with the South amid a stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations with the United States. The North has also been dialing up weapons tests and fired a barrage of missiles into the sea on Tuesday.
A ruling party victory will likely embolden Moon to drive his key domestic and foreign policies, including resuming inter-Korean co-operation and inducing U.S.-North Korea talks, said Duyeon Kim, a senior adviser at the Brussels-based International Crisis Group.
"If the opposition wins, Moon will likely become a lame duck, and party politics will quickly pivot to preparing for the 2022 presidential elections," she said.
The government resisted calls to postpone the parliamentary elections billed as a midterm referendum on President Moon Jae-in, who enters the final two years of his term grappling with a historic public health crisis that is unleashing massive economic shock.
While South Korea's electorate is deeply divided along ideological and generational lines and regional loyalties, recent surveys showed growing support for Moon and his liberal party, reflecting the public's approval of an aggressive test-and-quarantine program so far credited for lower fatality rates for the coronavirus compared to China, Europe and North America.
"We are going through difficult times, but the coronavirus and politics are two different things," said voter Lee Kum.
Another Seoul resident, Chung Eun-young, said she arrived at her polling station just after 6 a.m. to avoid crowds.
"I was worried about the coronavirus," she said. "They checked my temperature and handed me gloves, but it wasn't as bothersome as I thought it would be. ... I don't like what we are going through, but I cast my ballot to prevent the wrong candidates from getting elected."
The long lines that snaked around public offices and schools followed record-high participation in early voting held on Friday and Saturday, and defied expectations of low turnout to minimize social contact.
The National Election Commission said 15.6 million people had voted as of 5 p.m. When combined with the 11.8 million who cast their ballots during early voting or by mail, the overall turnout was at 62.6%, the highest since a 60.6% turnout in the 2004 general election.
Wednesday's voting, which comes amid a slowing virus caseload in South Korea, draws a contrast with an upended election cycle in the United States, where some states have pushed back presidential primaries or switched to voting by mail.
To hold the parliamentary elections as scheduled, South Korean officials and health authorities drew up a deliberate set of preventive measures to reduce risks of the virus being transmitted.
Duct tape or stickers marked a meter (3 feet) of social distancing space from nearby streets to ballot booths. Masked poll workers checked temperatures of arrivals and whisked anyone with a fever or not wearing a mask to separate areas to vote, sanitizing the facilities after they voted. Voters who passed the fever screening got sanitizing gel and disposable plastic gloves before entering booths.
The government also mapped out a voting process for those quarantined in their homes, a number that ballooned after the country began enforcing two-week quarantines on all arrivals from overseas on April 1.
Officials texted eligible voters in self-quarantine before the vote and about 13,000 affirmed they wanted to participate. Those without fever or respiratory symptoms were given permission to leave their homes from 5:20 p.m. to 7 p.m. so they could cast their ballots after 6 p.m., when polling stations close for other voters.
They were to be escorted or monitored through tracking apps and must maintain a 2-meter (6-foot) distance at polling places, while workers fully dressed in protective suits were to disinfect booths after each of them votes.
Hospitalized patients or those who were then under two-week quarantine were able to vote by mail if they had applied in late March. Around 400 of the mildly ill voted at temporary shelters during last week's early voting.
South Korea has confirmed more than 10,590 coronavirus cases, including 225 deaths, with the number of new infections decreasing in recent weeks. But there's concern about rising cases in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, and worries that crowds at parks and on mass transportation may be a sign of a relaxing of social distancing.
"Please do exercise your valuable rights by voting, but also refrain from other gatherings or activities that involve multiple people in confined spaces," Health Ministry official Yoon Tae-ho said.
South Korea's 300-member parliament, the National Assembly, is elected every four years. Voters directly elect 253 district seats while the remaining 47 go to proportional representatives.
While dozens of parties have registered candidates, the elections are seen largely as a two-way race between Moon's ruling Democratic Party and the main conservative opposition United Future Party. Both have registered satellite parties in a bid to win more proportional representative seats.
Just three years ago, mass protests ousted Moon's corrupt predecessor, but public displays of South Korea's dynamic democracy were muted this year by the virus. Candidates, wearing masks and gloves, avoided large rallies and handshakes. Things were more heated on the internet, which overflowed with bitter exchanges between supporters of Moon and his conservative opponents, who accuse the government of economic and foreign policy failures and botching the financial response to the epidemic.
Before the virus began absorbing public attention, Moon saw his support falter over a decaying job market, corruption scandals surrounding key political allies and an ambitious but fragile diplomacy with rival North Korea that's falling apart.
Moon held three summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in 2018, but the North in recent months severed virtually all co-operation with the South amid a stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations with the United States. The North has also been dialing up weapons tests and fired a barrage of missiles into the sea on Tuesday.
A ruling party victory will likely embolden Moon to drive his key domestic and foreign policies, including resuming inter-Korean co-operation and inducing U.S.-North Korea talks, said Duyeon Kim, a senior adviser at the Brussels-based International Crisis Group.
"If the opposition wins, Moon will likely become a lame duck, and party politics will quickly pivot to preparing for the 2022 presidential elections," she said.
https://www.cp24.com/world/south-koreans-vote-in-national-election-amid-virus-fears-1.4896770
No comments:
Post a Comment