Jeong Cheong-rae: "The ruling party's approval rating drop is due to Yoon's lukewarm stance... A whip for prosecutorial reform"

Jeong Cheong-rae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, is questioning Park Baek-beom, Vice Minister of Education, at the Education Committee Petition Review Subcommittee held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 4th of last month. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-eun] On the 3rd, Jeong Cheong-rae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, commented on the simultaneous decline in approval ratings of the President and the Democratic Party, saying, "This drop in approval ratings is a reprimand from the people, especially the supporters," and added, "It reflects the disappointment of the supporters due to the sluggish progress of the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO) Act and the lukewarm response to Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol."

On the same day, Jeong posted on his Facebook with the title "Approval ratings have dropped. But there is a way," stating this. He said, "The supporters' attitude has a strong whip-like nature toward the Democratic Party's prosecution reform," and added, "If we regroup with determination and cross the river of prosecution reform, the support rate from the supporters will recover."

He continued, "The ruling party receives support when it acts like the ruling party, and the opposition when it acts like the opposition," and said, "The Democratic Party's response to the decline in approval ratings depends on what it does in the few remaining days."

Additionally, he referred to the handling of the National Security Act during the 17th National Assembly under the Uri Party, saying, "The National Security Act from 16 years ago is the current Corruption Investigation Office Act. The CIO Act stands at the center of symbolic struggles," emphasizing, "The CIO Act in December 2020 is an unavoidable inevitability."

Meanwhile, according to a poll by Realmeter on the same day, approval ratings for President Moon Jae-in and the Democratic Party of Korea both declined. President Moon's approval rating recorded the lowest since the current administration began at 37.4%, and the Democratic Party also stood at 28.9%, lower than the People Power Party's 31.2%.

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