With less than 30 days remaining until the June 3 local elections, the two main parties have finalized their candidate lineups. While the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has fielded many fresh faces, the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) is largely relying on incumbent mayors and governors.
Since President Lee Jae Myung took power last year after former President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached for leading an insurrection linked to his martial law declaration, the approval ratings of Yoon’s party, the PPP, have continued to drop, at one point plummeting to 15 percent in a poll.
Amid the low support ratings, the conservative party is struggling to find promising candidates, ultimately fielding 11 incumbent heads of cities and provinces. In contrast, many of the DPK’s candidates are figures close to the president, whose approval rating has stood over 60 percent in recent months.
2. How is this related to the sub
(1) Housing policy & Local politics: This election will decide whether Lee Jae-myung can roll out his public housing supply plan as many PPP local politicians is opposed to public housing supply plan presented by Lee.
3. My opinion
It鈥檚 truly all the president鈥檚 men. Pro-Myung faction crushed other factions ( such as Pro-Moon faction) in DPK party primary and fielded their candidates nationwide. Critics say this could result in local councils being merely puppets to the President in his centralized public housing supply plan leading no local input on housing policy.
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With less than 30 days remaining until the June 3 local elections, the two main parties have finalized their candidate lineups. While the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has fielded many fresh faces, the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) is largely relying on incumbent mayors and governors.
Since President Lee Jae Myung took power last year after former President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached for leading an insurrection linked to his martial law declaration, the approval ratings of Yoon’s party, the PPP, have continued to drop, at one point plummeting to 15 percent in a poll.
Amid the low support ratings, the conservative party is struggling to find promising candidates, ultimately fielding 11 incumbent heads of cities and provinces. In contrast, many of the DPK’s candidates are figures close to the president, whose approval rating has stood over 60 percent in recent months.
2. How is this related to the sub
(1) Housing policy & Local politics: This election will decide whether Lee Jae-myung can roll out his public housing supply plan as many PPP local politicians is opposed to public housing supply plan presented by Lee.
3. My opinion
It鈥檚 truly all the president鈥檚 men. Pro-Myung faction crushed other factions ( such as Pro-Moon faction) in DPK party primary and fielded their candidates nationwide. Critics say this could result in local councils being merely puppets to the President in his centralized public housing supply plan leading no local input on housing policy.
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I can’t wait for June 3, I loved paul in June 2!