Kang Hoon-sik "Unified Party Facing Candidate Shortage, Raising Yoon Seok-yeol as Presidential Contender"

Kang Hoon-sik, Chief Spokesperson of the Democratic Party of Korea. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] In the next presidential candidate preference poll, Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol recorded a support rate of 10.1%, ranking first among opposition candidates. On the 1st, Kang Hoon-sik, chief spokesperson of the Democratic Party of Korea, said, "Since the opposition party is facing a severe shortage of figures, I wonder if there is a trend to try to nurture Prosecutor General Yoon as well."

Chief Spokesperson Kang appeared on CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' that day and said, "Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae is advocating for 'prosecutorial reform,' but some in the opposition are emphasizing this issue by saying, 'Let's try to nurture that Prosecutor General,'" suggesting this might be the case.

He said, "Minister Choo is driving prosecutorial reform, and naturally, the president has ordered the prosecution itself to carry out this (reform). Since the prosecution is currently unable to do so, it appears that there is internal conflict," adding, "The essence is prosecutorial reform, and it is inappropriate to make the stories and behaviors arising from that the essence."

Regarding the opinion that the content of the reform might be to remove Prosecutor General Yoon, Chief Spokesperson Kang said, "Democratic Party leader Lee Hae-chan rather said, 'Please do not talk about Prosecutor General Yoon's position,'" and added, "More important than Prosecutor General Yoon's position is how much prosecutorial reform we will carry out and that the prosecution should become loved by the people."

Meanwhile, according to Realmeter on the 30th of last month, in a preference survey for the next presidential candidate conducted from June 22 to 26, Prosecutor General Yoon's support rate was 10.1%, following Democratic Party member Lee Nak-yeon (30.8%) and Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung (15.6%). Prosecutor General Yoon was included in the Realmeter survey for the first time this time.

This survey was conducted on 2,537 adult men and women nationwide at the request of OhmyNews. The sampling error is ±1.9 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

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