Who Is the De Facto Second-in-Command in the Yoon Administration? ... Poll Leader Is 'Han Dong-hoon'

More than 3 out of 10 survey respondents chose
Lee Jun-seok, Han Duck-soo, Kwon Seong-dong, Jang Je-won in order

Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon is attending the Cabinet meeting held via video conference with the Sejong Government Complex at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the 14th, holding a mug cup. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] A public opinion poll revealed that the public views Han Dong-hoon, Minister of Justice, as the de facto second-in-command of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration.

According to a public opinion poll conducted by Media Tomato over two days from the 14th to the 15th, targeting 1,003 adults aged 18 and over nationwide using an ARS method, 37.3% of respondents said they see Minister Han as the de facto second-in-command of the Yoon Seok-yeol government.

Following him were Lee Jun-seok, leader of the People Power Party, with 12.5%, Han Duck-soo, Prime Minister, with 10.6%, Kwon Seong-dong, floor leader of the People Power Party, with 7.5%, and Jang Je-won, member of the People Power Party, with 6.9%. Other figures accounted for 9.7%, and 15.5% responded that they did not know.

Minister Han is known to have had a close relationship with President Yoon Seok-yeol during his time as a prosecutor. He was remarkably appointed as Minister of Justice despite being a former chief prosecutor, and recently, the Personnel Information Management Unit, responsible for verifying public officials’ personnel under the Ministry of Justice, was established, leading to evaluations of him as a powerful minister.

Regarding the evaluation of President Yoon, who marked one month in office, 27.2% of respondents rated him between 80 and 100 points, the largest share. Those rating him between 60 and 80 points accounted for 20.3%, 40 to 60 points 12%, 20 to 40 points 11.4%, and 0 to 20 points 25.3%. The evaluation of President Yoon was notably divided between those who thought he did well (80?100 points) and those who thought he did poorly (20?40 points).

In terms of party support, the People Power Party stood at 42.8%, the Democratic Party of Korea at 40.3%, the Justice Party at 3%, and other parties at 2.1%. The support rate for the People Power Party dropped by 6.3 percentage points from 49.1% last week, while the Democratic Party rose by 2.5 percentage points from 37.8% last week.

The margin of error for this poll is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For detailed survey outlines and results, please refer to the website of the Central Election Poll Deliberation Commission.

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