The National Election Commission, in response to criticism of the delay in the recount, said, "Verify as quickly as possible."

“We will not implement” the budget for employee incentives for next year’s National Assembly by-elections.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Jung-hoon = Acting Secretary-General of the National Election Commission Kang Dong-wan said on the 7th regarding the issue of the recount at the Olympic Park vote counting center, "We will work with the special prosecutor to ensure that it is verified as quickly as possible."

Acting Director Kang appeared at the Public Administration and Security Committee's audit of government affairs on this day and responded "yes" to Democratic Party lawmaker Yoon Geon-young's question about whether he felt responsible for the delay in the recount.

When asked why he did not request a recount from the special prosecutor, Acting Director Kang responded, "There was a request (from the special prosecutor) to preserve the ballots stored at the handball stadium on site."

In addition, in response to a question from Democratic Party lawmaker Park Joo-min asking why a special allowance budget was allocated for the Gangneung National Assembly by-election to be held next year, he said, "The working-level staff was unable to check (the budget) in the process of allocating it," and added, "It will not be executed, and it will not be executed."

He added, "I feel ashamed. I was unable to check the government plan while it was being finalized at the end of May."

In response to this, Rep. Park criticized, saying, “Because we blame practitioners, we don’t trust the National Election Commission.”

The special allowance is a budget intended to encourage civil servants of the National Election Commission (NEC) level 5 or lower to perform election work, but it has been controversial in conjunction with the shortage of ballot papers in the June 4 local elections.