President Lee Jae Myung presides over a gathering of senior presidential secretaries on the presidential workplace in Yongsan, central Seoul, Nov. 27. Yonhap
President Lee Jae Myung’s approval score edged right down to 54.8 p.c final week after a short rebound amid unfavorable public sentiment over current political developments, a survey confirmed Monday.
In response to the survey by Realmeter commissioned by a neighborhood information outlet, the constructive evaluation of Lee’s efficiency fell 1.1 share factors from the earlier week, whereas his unfavorable evaluation inched up 0.2 share factors to 40.7 p.c.
Lee’s approval score reached 56.7 p.c within the first week of November earlier than slipping to 54.5 p.c within the second week and rebounding to 55.9 p.c within the third week.
Realmeter attributed the decline to the 15-year jail sentence hunted for former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and the Nationwide Meeting’s approval of an arrest movement for Rep. Choo Kyung-ho of the principle opposition Folks Energy Social gathering (PPP).
The pollster famous that such political developments had been considered by some as “political retaliation” towards the opposition.
Considerations over excessive rates of interest and a record-high won-dollar trade fee additional fueled unfavorable sentiment, it added.
The survey was performed on 2,538 adults from Monday to Friday final week and had a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 share factors, with a confidence fee of 95 p.c.
In a separate survey performed by the identical pollster on 1,012 people aged 18 and over Thursday and Friday, the approval score for the ruling Democratic Social gathering of Korea dropped 1.9 share factors to 45.6 p.c.
Help for the PPP rose 2.6 share factors to 37.4 p.c.
The ballot has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 share factors, with a confidence fee of 95 p.c.
