The result is a setback for President Yoon Suk Yeol
– With the vast majority of votes counted, the main opposition party, the Democratic Party (DP), gained a majority in the National Assembly, South Korea’s parliament, in this Wednesday’s general election (10).
The result represents a setback for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s People Power Party (PPP).
The election reflects the population’s dissatisfaction with the management of the current president, who took office two years ago and has problems such as the rising cost of living and suspected corruption scandals.
Yoon narrowly won in 2022 against DP candidate Lee Jae-myung and has struggled to endorse his conservative policies. At the moment you are still under pressure due to the long doctors’ strike.
“The PPP has tried its best to pursue policies that uphold the people’s will, but the results are disappointing,” lamented PPP leader Han Dong-hoon.
According to the Yonhap agency, electoral participation recorded the highest rate in the last 32 years, equal to 67%, an increase of 0.8% compared to 2020, when 66.2% of the population went to the polls. In 1992 participation was 71.9%.
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Source: Terra
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