SEOUL, April 4 — Fed up with South Korea’s government and seeing little hope in the opposition, Cho Young-moon says she’ll cast a protest vote in next week’s elections —...
SEOUL, April 4 — Fed up with South Korea’s government and seeing little hope in the opposition, Cho Young-moon says she’ll cast a protest vote in next week’s elections — for a month-old party led by a disgraced politician facing jail.
While Cho Kuk’s party is offering few substantive policies of its own, recent polling data shows it neck-and-neck with the ruling party, and analysts say its appeal to voter anger could see it win enough seats to play kingmaker in the next parliament.Once a rising political star, Cho Kuk was tipped to run for president before an academic admissions scandal in 2019 engulfed his family.
The fact that a party set up only weeks ago is polling so strongly highlights widespread dissatisfaction with both Yoon and the opposition Democratic Party, which currently controls parliament, experts say. South Korea today entered its final week of campaigning, a period in which no new polling numbers will be released.
But scandals, notably over First Lady Kim Keon-hee’s acceptance of a Dior bag — seen in a widely circulated video — and involvement in a stock manipulation scandal, have fueled public discontent with his administration. “There is pent-up disappointment and anger at the government, but no parties or politicians to fully represent such sentiment,” he said.Cho’s personal story is helping galvanise voters unhappy with both major parties, political analyst Yum Seung-yul told AFP.
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