제헌국회의원 선거법의 선거권 연령 하향 요인과 북조선 선거법의 영향

Abstract

The North Korean Election Act had a great influence on the process of deciding the Constitutional National Assembly Election Act. In 1948, the United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea on Korea compared and studied North Korea's election law with the election law enacted by South Korean Interim Legislative Assembly, and had a meeting to listen to the opinions of major domestic figures on the age of North Korea's right to vote. In the interview, the age issue of voting rights was mentioned first, and in North Korea's election regulations, it was also mentioned that the age of voting rights was 20 years or older.
 While the election law was enacted in South Korea, North Korea continued to criticize the South Korea's election law as undemocratic and limited. On the other hand, North Korea touted that North Korea's election laws and socialist countries' election laws represent 'true democracy'. This situation served as a very unfavorable factor for the United States to show off the excellence of American democracy in South Korea, and rather a positive factor in the process of enacting a “democratic” election law. The U.S. military government was considering left-wing propaganda in the process of enacting the election law. In addition, North Korea's election law directly or indirectly affected the decision-making process of the U.S. military government. In this regard, it can be confirmed once again through the issue of the age of the election law that South Korea and North Korea consciously and unconsciously influence each other through various ways.