Democratic Party Seoul Mayor Park Young-seon is interviewing the JoongAng Ilbo at the elections office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 2nd. Reporter Woo Sang-jo
It is analyzed that the election strategy of Park Young-sun and the candidate for the Seoul Mayor’s by-election of the Democratic Party fell into a dilemma due to the resignation of former prosecutor general Yoon Seok-yeol. Candidate Park has been focusing on policy and vision, but it is because of the observation that the confrontation mood will be strengthened by the resignation of former President Yoon, who took place a month before the election.
The signs of the dilemma are seen in the mixed reactions of Candidate Park and the Democratic Party leadership toward former President Yoon. Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon said, “Former President Yoon, as a public official, performed an unexpected behavior that was not common sense. The selective prosecution controversy caused the prosecution’s political neutrality and resignation was the same.” Park Tae-nyeon Kim also said, “I am sorry for the words and actions of former President Yoon who lost the duty of public officials until the last time. It is only read as a pre-planned move for political initiation,” he said.
On the other hand, in a radio interview on the 5th, Park said, “This is not a good thing” when asked about the impact of former President Yoon’s resignation on the election, but avoided making specific comments. Regarding the possibility of former President Yoon’s political participation, he said, “I think we will have to watch a little more about the direction in which the seemingly awkward resignation will go out.” This is interpreted as maintaining a “positive-low-key strategy” that focuses on the policy message aimed at the middle class and minimizes counterattack against opposition candidates’ attacks. However, it is unclear how effective Park’s strategy to focus on the middle class will be in a situation where hard-line criticism is pouring out toward former President Yun from the Democratic Party as a whole.
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol resigns from the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 4th, and leaves the prosecutor’s office to give a greeting. yunhap news
Google Trend Capture
In the Democratic Party, there are not a few people paying attention to the impact that former President Yun will have on this by-election. In a radio interview that day, Democratic Party Supreme Commissioner Roh Woong-rae said in a radio interview about the timing of the resignation of former President Yoon, “I’m not sure that we will gather together and ride the wind together because we are interested because a candidate for the power of the people was eventually elected.” “(In the by-election), there will be several political interpretations and movements to utilize the resignation of former President Yun. In that respect, there may be an impact” (Park Joo-min, Democratic Party member) also responded.
The possibility that former President Yoon’s resignation will emerge as an important variable in the Seoul mayor’s election is also partly shown as an indicator. In a poll of 1002 adults nationwide by Gallup Korea on the 2nd and 4th (95% confidence level, sample error ±3.1% points. For more information, refer to the website of Gallup Korea and Central Opinion Survey Deliberation Committee), the Democratic Party approval rate was 4 compared to the previous week. It fell by percentage points (36% → 32%), recording the lowest level for the current government. Despite the change in interest in’Google Trends’ over the past week, interest in the keyword’Suk-yeol Yoon’ has rapidly increased from the resignation of former President Yoon, while keywords such as’Seoul Mayor’,’Park Young-seon’,’Oh Se-hoon’ and’Ahn Cheol-soo’ have fallen together. Showed a gap.
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