Combatting Election Rumors: Central Election Commission Takes Legal Action

2024-01-17 09:43:31

The Central Election Commission said today that after the presidential election, false videos and messages about election voting operations continued to be spread on the Internet, falsely accusing the winning committee of voting or deliberately slandering election personnel. It has compiled relevant evidence and compiled the election results. Rumor-mongering cases are transferred to the procuratorate, police and judicial organs for investigation and accountability. The Central Election Commission also invites the public to boycott election rumors and jointly defend democracy.

The picture shows Li Jinyong, chairman of the Central Election Commission, explaining the voting precautions and operating procedures on the eve of the general election voting. (Central News Agency file photo)

The Central Election Commission stated in a press release that after the voting for the presidential and legislative elections ended, there were still people on the Internet who continued to spread false videos or information about election voting, falsely accusing the Central Election Commission of voting or deliberately slandering election personnel. This in turn causes social antagonism and disturbance.

The Central Election Commission said that people have reported similar situations and asked the public not to spread rumors about election manipulation. After holding a press conference on the 15th, it has compiled the relevant evidence provided by the public and the evidence obtained by the Central Election Commission. Today, it has been The documents were sent to prosecutors, police and judicial agencies such as the Taiwan High Prosecutor’s Office, the Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of the Interior’s Police Affairs Bureau, and the Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, and were transferred to the responsible agencies for investigation and handling in accordance with the law.

Picture taken from the Selection Committee website

The Central Election Commission pointed out that the election has concluded. Supervisors recommended by different political parties are present at the voting and counting offices across the country. There is also public supervision during the counting of votes. Even if there are very few cases where the voting and counting offices do not operate in accordance with the election regulations, There is also no possibility of illegal voting as alleged by online rumors; if the public finds evidence related to election rumor-mongers, they can hand it over to the prosecutors, police and judicial authorities for accountability.

The Election Committee said that those who fabricate, spread, and deliver false information will be held legally responsible; it also invited the public to boycott election rumors and jointly defend democracy.

(Editor-in-Chief: Zhuang Qianyu)

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