Former Attorney General Yoon Seok-you, who has announced his intention to run for the South Korean presidential election in March next year, will join the conservative largest opposition "People Power Party" on the 30th and become an official candidate for the largest opposition party. By doing so, he expressed his intention to aim for a change of government for the first time in five years.
In South Korea, a presidential election to replace President Moon Jae-in, who is not allowed to be reelected for only one term and five years, is scheduled to be held in March next year.
Under these circumstances, former prosecutor Yoon Seok-youol, who had expressed his intention to run for the first time without belonging to a political party, visited the headquarters of the largest conservative opposition party, "People Power Party," on the 30th and submitted a notification of admission.
Mr. Yun, who had a press conference after this, said, "I thought that there was no choice but to change the administration with the first opposition as the main axis." Was shown.
Mr. Yun, who resigned from the top of the prosecution in March in conflict with the innovative Mun administration, said that he did not succumb to pressure by thoroughly pursuing the suspicions of the president's aides, and the support of the middle class as well as the conservatives It has spread and is ranked number one in approval ratings in the latest polls.
"People's Power" is led by 36-year-old Lee Jun-seok, who is popular among younger generations, but Lee is a candidate because he is over 40 years old in the presidential election in South Korea. can not.
In terms of "People Power Party," 11 people have already run for the party elections to be held from September to November, and it is expected that the selection of candidates will proceed centered on Mr. Yun, who has a high approval rating.
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The South Korean polling agency Realmeter announced on the 29th the results of the latest poll, which asked about the right person for the next president.
According to this, former prosecutor Yoon Seok-youol, who had announced his candidacy without belonging to a political party, is leading with 27.5% of support.
Next, Governor Lee Jae-myung of Gyeonggi-do, a suburb of Seoul, who is a non-mainstream Democratic Party of Korea, is in second place with 25.5%.
In addition, former Prime Minister Lee Na-gyung (Lee Nak-yon), who is also in the ruling party and is rushing to solidify the support of the mainstream group close to President Mun, is in third place with 16%, and the top three are far behind the fourth place and below.
In the conservative largest opposition "People Power Party," which had no strong candidate in the party, 40 of the 100 members of the Diet, including a heavyweight, issued a statement calling for Yun to join the party. The long-awaited theory for Mr. Yun was growing.