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Can President Moon Jae-in avoid the lame duck? At the end of last year, President Moon’s government approval rate temporarily collapsed in the 40% range (based on a weekly survey by Gallup Korea, 95% confidence level and ±3.1% points of error). President Moon has consistently maintained a high approval rating since taking office. In the first week of May, just after the 4·15 general election, it was 71%, the highest approval rating of all previous presidents. It has been through corrections since then, but it has never dropped below 40% except for the week of August when the real estate problems were severe. As the past-level’concrete approval rating’ is supported, there have been observations that for the first time in history, President Moon could remain as the president who escaped Lame Duck in his last year of office. However, in the survey in the first and second weeks of last December, the approval rate for President Moon fell from 39% to 38%. For the first time, the 40% level collapsed for two consecutive weeks, recording the lowest level during the term. Then, a question emerged that if such a downtrend continues, President Moon will also step on the train that falls into the lame duck swamp. Lame duck is unfortunate not only for the president himself, but also for the people and country. On the contrary, if the President puts his power in state affairs with the support of the people until the end of his term of office, and shows the promises made with the people as a result, it would be good not only for the President himself, but also for the people and the country. This time, we have focused on this issue. All of the’non-seul committees’ gathered to examine the trend of President Moon’s approval rating and the cause of the change, and talked about what he should do to become the first President of all time who does not suffer from lame duck.

Commissioner Won-je Son compared and analyzed the recent approval ratings of President Moon with the fourth-year approval ratings of previous presidents such as Roh Tae-woo, Kim Young-sam, Kim Dae-jung, Roh Moo-hyun, Lee Myung-bak, and Park Geun-hye. Commissioner Son said, “President Moon maintains 40% from the late 30% despite various adverse events. That’s the level of approval for the previous level of concrete,” said Son. “However, the decline in the support rate for the liberals is twice that of the decline in the conservative and middle class. It is necessary to pay attention to the point that leads to it.” Commissioner Ahn Young-chun looked at the progress of the’Suk-yeol Yoon Incident’, which is considered the main cause of the recent decline in President Moon’s approval rating, and how this issue will affect the direction of the prosecution reform. Commissioner Ahn said, “There must be no loss of the power of the prosecution reform by this court decision that neutralized the discipline of President Yoon. It is important to revitalize public opinion.” Commissioner Kwon Hyeok-cheol also pointed out the government’s response to the corona vaccine, which is one of the reasons for the recent decline in approval ratings. Commissioner Kwon said, “According to the government’s plan, the general public is likely to be vaccinated in earnest from the second quarter of this year.” “If this is the schedule, it will be possible to extinguish a hurry until the end of this year, when the possibility of the fourth pandemic is great. He predicted that he had prepared a bridgehead to win the fight against him.”

Commissioner Hoi-seung Kim looked at the real estate policy issue, which is the biggest factor in evaluating President Moon’s state affairs. “Basically, the biggest factor that undermined President Moon’s approval rating was’real estate policy’, not’the fatherland crisis’ nor the’Yoon Seok-yeol crisis’,” said Kim. “The real estate issue is a big variable in the Seoul-Busan mayoral by-election in April this year. There is no choice but to.” Director of Editorial Writer Ahn Jae-seung said, “If the people who supported President Moon would regain their heart if they revealed a more clear position and boldly pursued the issues of public welfare reform such as the Severe Accident Corporate Punishment Act, I think the people who supported President Moon would not give it back. You have to honestly explain and seek understanding.” Ahn said, “If President Moon, the government, and the ruling party go back to the beginning and gather wisdom and strength, for the first time in Korean political history, a president without a lame duck will be possible.” President Moon’s approval rating rebounded from 38% to 40% again in one week,’Passion Narrative’ overlaid on President Yoon Seok-yeol,’Corona Politics’ of some media that attacked the government’s vaccine countermeasures, an icon of disagreement We also talked about the differences between former President Park Geun-hye and President Moon. For more information, check the video now. Planning Reporters Ahn Jae-seung, Ahn Young-chun, Kwon Hyeok-cheol, Kim Hoi-seung, and Son Won-je, [email protected] Reporter Kim Jeong-pil Director Cho So-young PD, assistant director Lee Jung-gyu reporter