S.Korean main opposition party leads presidential polls after impeachment

Presidential hopefuls of South Korean main opposition party led presidential polls after the bill to impeach President Park Geun-hye was passed through the National Assembly last week, a local survey showed on Monday.


Moon Jae-in, former chairman of the biggest opposition Minjoo Party, gained 23.1 percent support last week, up 2.3 percentage points from the previous week, according to a poll of 2,517 voters from Dec. 5 to 9.

Moon, the runner-up to President Park in the 2012 presidential election, posted his highest approval scores in about six months as he strongly demanded Park immediately step down or be impeached.

He was one of latecomers among politicians in calling for Park to be impeached, but his strong campaign last week to impeach Park resulted in higher approval rating.
 Xinhua/china
12/12/16

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