▲ Former President Park Geun-hye, who is being hospitalized following receiving a special pardon at the end of last year, is known to have visited a polling place near Samsung Seoul Hospital in Seoul on the morning of the 5th and voted in advance (not directly related to the article above). Photography Foundation. Seoul Newspaper DB
Former President Park Geun-hye Participated in Early Voting
Restoring the right to vote as a special envoy
It is reported that former President Park Geun-hye, who has been hospitalized at the hospital following receiving a special pardon at the end of last year, visited a polling place near Samsung Seoul Hospital in Seoul and voted in advance on the morning of the 5th.
According to lawyer Yoo Young-ha, a close associate of former President Park, at around 9:00 am on the same day, former President Park, along with four members of the bodyguard, finished voting for the ’20th Presidential Election’ at the advance polling place at the Ilwonbon-dong Community Service Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
Former President Park recently purchased his private residence in Dalseong-gun, Daegu, his ‘political hometown’, his constituency during his time as a member of the National Assembly, and has completed the move-in report.
The Ilwonbon-dong Community Center, where former President Park voted in advance, is located within 1km from Samsung Seoul Hospital and can be reached in regarding 3 minutes by car.
At the time of the voting, it was reported that former President Park returned from voting in neat attire, was not in a wheelchair, and walked normally without assistance.
▲ Former President Park Geun-hye (not directly related to the article above). yunhap news
Participate in early voting… Restoring the right to vote as a special envoy
Former President Park received a special amnesty and lottery at the end of last year, regaining her voting rights and allowing her to vote in this election.
According to the Public Official Election Act, all citizens over the age of 18 have the right to vote.
In addition, among election offenders or persons who violate the political fund misappropriation crimes, etc., if they are sentenced to a fine of 1 million won or more, they will be sentenced to 5 years; You cannot exercise your right to vote for one year.
Former President Park has not officially revealed which candidate she is supporting in this presidential election.
Some observers interpret Park’s silence as a message to support the presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, who was investigating him, in a detour.
Prior to the 21st general election in 2020, in a letter from prison, he urged the conservatives to unite, centered on the huge opposition.
Reporter Kim Chae-hyun
