among women for the election for National Assembly members of local constituency and the election for local council members of local constituency. However, out of 934 candidates of the 20th general election for National Assembly members of local constituency in 2016, only 98 people or 10.5% were female and every political party recorded less than 15% of female recommendation 5 . This could be attributable to the fact that it is hard to determine whether political parties complied with the law as Article 47 (4) of the Public Official Election Act only defines obligations to make efforts to recommend female candidates and the lack of effectiveness without any tool to force the implementation when the provision is violated. Thus, measures to secure compulsory execution tools through revision to the law are required. 11. According to the Statistical Yearbook (2016) of the Ministry of Personnel Management, the proportion of female public servants accounts for almost half, 49.4%. However, the proportion of female officials in influential positions remains very low. The figures of female officials in Level 4 or higher positions were 11.3%, in senior executive services 3.4%, and in political services 7.1%, nine out of 126 positions, respectively. Given that 35.5% of local government officers are female, the female proportion is lower in higher-ranking positions as only 12.1% of fifth and higher grade civil servants are women. On November 21st 2017, the Government announced the Five-year Plan to Promote Female Representation in the Public Sector in cooperation with eight ministries and disclosed its goal to increase the proportion of high-ranking female public officials. Currently in 2017, the female proportion in high-ranking public officials is 6.1% and the Government plans to increase it to 10% by 2022 and for division head-level public officers (Level 4 and higher), the figure is planned to expand to 21% by 2022 from 14% in 2017. In order to achieve this goal, it is required for each ministry’s personnel committee and promotion review committee to have a certain percentage of women. In addition, specific action plans including the gender balance of interviewers when interviewing candidates for new or career service public servants shall be additionally implemented. 5 National Election Commission (2016), Election Statistics System