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South Korea s ex-prosecutor climbs in presidential poll after resignation
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Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl ranked No. 1 in a South Korean presidential poll that showed Yoon leading over potential rivals. Yoon has not made a formal campaign announcement. File Photo by Yonhap/EPA-EFE
March 8 (UPI) A former South Korean prosecutor who abruptly resigned last week is soaring in a local poll ahead of a presidential election in 2022.
Yoon Seok-youl, who was appointed to the top position in 2019 by President Moon Jae-in, polled above potential rivals in a Korea Society Opinion Institute survey conducted nationwide on Friday, News 1 reported Monday.
Former top prosecutor s popularity soars after resignation
Posted : 2021-03-08 17:00
Updated : 2021-03-08 17:17
Flowers sent by supporters of former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl are seen in front of the Supreme Prosecutors Office in southern Seoul, Sunday. Yonhap
By Do Je-hae
Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl, who resigned from his post last week amid conflicts with the ruling bloc over prosecutorial reform measures, has topped the latest favorability survey for possible presidential candidates.
A survey released Monday by the Korea Society Opinion Institute had the former chief prosecutor in first place with a 32.4 percent support rate from 1,023 respondents.
He is more popular than other potential presidential contenders such as Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung at 24.1 percent and ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Lee Nak-yon at 14.9 percent. Former conservative presidential candidate Hong Joon-pyo, now an independent lawmaker, came in
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(LEAD) Yoon Seok-youl’s support rate shoots up after resignation to lead polls on presidential race March 8, 2021
Public support for Yoon Seok-youl has bounced back sharply to take the lead over other potential presidential candidates in South Korea, a poll showed Monday, following his resignation from the post of prosecutor general last week.
The Korea Society Opinion Institute (KSOI) said he has garnered 32.4 percent in the survey of 1,023 likely voters nationwide. Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) ranked second with 24.1 percent followed by the party’s leader Lee Nak-yon with 14.9 percent.
Independent lawmaker Hong Joon-pyo and Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun trailed them with 7.6 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively.