announcement of the said report, no demand for the counterargument report shall be allowed.
(5) When any Internet press agency has received a demand under paragraph (4), it shall without delay hold
a consultation with the relevant political parties, candidates or their agents on the form, content, size,
frequency, etc., and thereafter make the counterargument report at its own charge within 12 hours from the
time when receiving a demand for it. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005>
(6) Where a consultation on the counterargument report under paragraph (5) is not attained, the relevant
political parties or candidates may immediately make a demand for counterargument report to the Internet
Election News Deliberation Commission; and the said Commission shall deliberate thereon and make a
decision on rejection, dismissal or acceptance, and thereafter notify the relevant political parties,
candidates and Internet press agencies of the details of such decisions. In such cases, when such
Commission makes a decision on acceptance of the counterargument report, it shall concurrently decide its
form, content, size and frequency, etc. and other necessary matters and notify thereof; and the Internet
press agency in receipt of such notice shall without delay perform them. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005>
(7) The provisions of Article 15 (1), (4) through (6), and (8) of the Act on Press Arbitration and Damage
Relief, etc. shall apply mutatis mutandis to any demand for the counterargument report of the election
report run by any Internet press agency unless such provisions are not contrary to their nature. In such
cases, "demand for the correction report" shall be deemed "demand for the counterargument report",
"correction" shall be deemed "counterargument", "right to demand the correction report" shall be deemed
"right to demand the counterargument report", "correction report" shall be deemed the "counterargument
report", and "text of the correction report" shall be deemed "text of the counterargument report",
respectively. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005; Jan. 17, 2012>
Article 8-7 (Election Broadcasting Debate Commission)
(1) An election commission of each level (excluding an Eup/Myeon/Dong election commission; hereafter
in this Article, the same shall apply) shall respectively establish and operate an election broadcasting
debate commission (hereafter in this Article referred to as "election broadcasting debate commission of
each level") in order to impartially hold and progress an interview or debate under Article 82-2 and a
policy debate under Article 82-3 (hereafter in this Article, referred to as "interview or debate, etc."):
Provided, That a Gu/Si/Gun election broadcasting debate commission to be established in a Gu/Si/Gun
election commission (hereinafter referred to as "Gu/Si/Gun election broadcasting debate commission")
may be established and operated by the unit of an election district for constituency members of the
National Assembly or by the unit of a broadcast zone of the composite cable TV business operator under
the Broadcasting Act. <Amended on Aug. 4, 2005>
(2) An election broadcasting debate commission of each level shall be comprised as follows, and the terms
of office of members shall be three years, except in cases under the latter part of subparagraph 2. In such
cases, the latter part of Article 8-2 (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the fixed number of members:
<Amended on Jan. 25, 2010; Aug. 13, 2015; Jan. 21, 2022>
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