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Elections for the supreme people's assembly in the DPRK: two questions

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/410209

I have two questions regarding the election of the deputies to the supreme people's assembly in the DPRK.


In the English translation of the nation's constitution I'm using (article 34.) it says:

The Supreme People's Assembly is composed of deputies elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot.

And in the translation of the law document Deputy Elections for People's Assemblies at Each Level Law of the Democratic Peopleโ€™s Republic of Korea (2010) (article 5.) it says:

Deputy elections for People's Assemblies at each level shall be done by the method of secret ballot. Constituents shall be guaranteed the freedom of voting for or against. No one may require the publication of the fact of having voted for or against a c