『공공단체등 위탁선거에 관한 법률』의 문제점과 개선방안 - 제1회 동시조합장선거 수사결과를 중심으로 -

Abstract

On 11th of March 2015, the nationwide simultaneous election for cooperative presidents has been held for the first-time, in accordance with the Act of Election commissioned by the Public Organizations etc. enforced on first of August 2014. As a result of the first direct election for cooperative presidents since the system has been introduced, it has been evaluated that the cost for election has been reduc ed and the regulations were made more efficiently and the atmosphere for clean election has been created by catching the public's eyes and ears. However, some problems that were unexpected have been found during the process of uniformly controlling part of the elections of cooperatives and public organizations which has various characteristics. And also, it was not enough to eliminate fraudulent elections controlled by money. Therefore, to give a guideline for the future of Act of Election commissioned by the Public Organizations etc., firstly, the election law for cooperatives and legislation cases were examined and the present status and differences of each elections monitored by the National Election Commission have been analyzed. Secondly, the regulation system for Act of Election commissioned by the Public Organizations etc. was inspected and through analyzing various cases of investigations and all sorts of election statistics, it was found that the present rules of punishment for disqualified cooperative members and bribery were insufficient. To improve this problem, methods to confirm fair and objective voters and to intensify qualification for candidates were reviewed. Additionally, methods were suggested to secure the effectiveness of the regulations by modifying rules of punishment, and to help advance and improve the fairness of the election system related to regulations of electioneering. After all, Act of Election commissioned by the Public Organizations etc. has to be modified systematically through further case studies to eventually achieve a culture of a clean election.