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Editorial
Dispute over Meaning of
“Publicly Managed Election”
E
lection Commission for General Student Council (GSC) and Press Association of HUFS
(Oedaehakbo, The Argus, Oedae, and FBS) recently had a dispute over the meaning of
“Publicly Managed Election.” The Election Commission (EC) sent an official document
onNov.11,askingthePressAssociationtogeteveryarticlerelatedtotheGSCelectionsreviewed
beforebeingreleased.Thereasonwasclear:sinceHUFSPresseshaveanimpactonthepublic,itis
possibleforthePressestomisleadthevoters,makingtheelectionenvironmentchaotic.However,
theECincludedthePressintothemeaningof“PubliclyManagedElection.”Isn’tittoohasty?
Direct reviewing of the articles on election is too hasty. It is true that the National Election
Commission, actually, reviews the working of the press to a certain degree during election times.
However, does the Commission preview the election-related news? No, it does not. It is okay
that we do not apply all the rules of the real society to the university. Actually, the HUFS’ EC
had already undergone confusion this semester resulting from the misleading of Press of HUFS.
Thereforeitisalsoreasonabletopreventsuchconfusionsfromreoccurring.Nevertheless,itisstill
hastytogiveago-aheadtothesuggestionofpreviewingarticles.
Press is the key opinion leader, right, but checking the authorities is its role too. In other words,
notonlydoestheElectionCommissionhavetheresponsibilitytocheck,butalsodoesthePress.As
ECandHUFSPresseshavenotagreedonthequestionofwhohastheauthoritytocheckwhom,it
isnotfairfortheCommissiontoaskthePresstobeunderitsauthority.
Then,howcanHUFSelectionsbefair?Onecivicgrouporganizedduringlastlocalelectioncould
be a solution. The Democratic Press Civic Group for Busan was responsible to watch whether
the Korean Presses perform their responsibilities to lead the public in making a decision with
reasonablejudgmentsornot.ThecivicgroupaimedatpreventingthePressesfrommisleadingthe
public.Consideringthisexampleanddemocracy,theroleofwatchingthePressesisacceptableand
suitableforthecommonHUFSans.
This incident between the EC and the Presses of HUFS revealed the lack of much needed
communication. If the two had discussed the “Publicly Managed Election” fully, this situation
would not have occurred. Luckily, the two bodies had a meeting after the official document, and
madeadecisionforimprovedcommunicationbetweenbodiesfromnextyearandduringthenext
election.
Editor-in-Chief
LeeKyeong-eun
www.theargus.org

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