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Comparative Analysis on Political Funds - Focused on Comparison between Japanese Political Funds and Korean Political Funds -

  • Public Land Law Review
  • Abbr : KPLLR
  • 2013, 61(), pp.225-256
  • Publisher : Korean Public Land Law Association
  • Research Area : Social Science > Law

Moon-Hyun Koh 1

1숭실대학교

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ABSTRACT

There is a system of opening of income and expense figures of political funds to the public so as to guarantee appropriate offering of political funds and to secure transparency of political funds in Japan and Korea. Japan and Korea have a lot in common in political fund law as follows. First, there is a statutory fundraising organization such as political organization of Japan and supporters association of Korea as a way to raise contributions. Second, there are a system of reporting of income and expense figures of political funds to the National Election Commission, a system of making an entry of income and expense figures of political funds in accounting records in accordance with political fund law and a system of opening of income and expense figures of political funds to the public in accordance with political fund law so as to guarantee appropriate offering of political funds and to secure transparency of political funds every year. There are differences between Japan and Korea in political fund law as follows. First, candidates for public office raise political funds because it is prohibited to raise contributions by a political party in Korea. On the other hand, it is allowed for a political party to designate a organization of political funds in order to raise political funds in Japan. Second, it is forbidden for a corporate body or organization to donate contributions in Korea. On the other hand, it is allowed for a corporate body or organization to donate contributions to a political party within settled amount according to scale in Japan. Third, there is an annual limit that supporters association can raise political funds in Korea. On the other hand, there is no annual limit to a political organization except for maximum limit to a contributor in Japan. Fourth, National Election Commission has a authority to investigate into a violation of the Political Fund Law in Korea. On the other hand, there is no provision related to a authority to investigate into a violation of the Political Fund Law in Japan. As seen above, there is a difference in Political Fund System according to level of rule of law and constitutionalism between Japan and Korea. And yet, it is very meaningful that each country takes a measure to expand transparency of political funds as a basis for preventing political corruption.

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