I went to the poll yesterday morning. I am really interested in politics. Also, I think that it is a way of conduction my own right. Since I was 20 years old, I never miss any national elections that I have a right to vote. From this point of view, I am kind of political person. As always, two parties, Hannara-Dang and Minju-Dang, struggled to get more seats in the National Assembly. Also, the other candidates did too.
This Election was held right after presidental election. As the result president Park who is from Hannara-Dang won by a wide margin.That is why this election was harder than berfore. In my home town, Guro-El, has 6 candidates like upper pictures. The pictures are organized in numerical order from the left. There is candidates from number 1throgh number 7 except number 5. The first one, Park, Young-Sun was eleted with 47.3% approval rating and 34,783 votes. It was hard fighting with second candidate who is Ko, Kyung-Hwa from Hannara-Dang. Ms. Park won by a small margin who is a member of a party of Minju-Dang. It was dramatic result I think. She has very special career. She was an newscaster of MBC. I think that it brought her into relief. She has policies that she promised us such as making park and forein highscool. Usually, the parties have simular policy. Some candidates even say same policy with last election in 2004. Frankly speaking, I don’t believe that she can do everyting she mentioned in her duty. However, in my opinion, every member of our village should encourage her to improve our town. I think it is a duty of citizen. I think that every parties must focus on economy and common people’s life. That is one of reason we vote. That is why election is very important.
After this eldction, I saw total result of this election and I was impressed someone’s achivement. He was not a candidate in my town though. His name is Kang, Ki-Kab who was a real farmer few years ago. He is a memver of the Labor Party which is the minority in this country. He has been a spokesman of Korean farmers for a long time. He was supported by the majority of the farmers. Finally, He gain a victory over a goliath. In deed, it is a victory of farmers. They show their power as a citizen. It was great victory I think. I think that day off on election day is good idea for reminding importance of election. However, somepeople just think that it is like a personal day off for rest. Also, it is more important to people who have young kids. If parents don’t vote with any reason, they are not going to vote when they grow up. They need to learn from their parents about importance of political rights. Vote as a citizen is really important. It is a way of showing our opinion. A nation is based on all of the citizen. They have to involve in the country with vote. In view of Mr. Kang’s case, I realized that participation is really important. It shows us that a citizen could change the nation.
