South Korea elects its new president to turn the page on martial law – Liberation
The South Koreans flock this Tuesday, June 3 in polling stations to designate their new president and put an end to Six months of chaos policy caused by the failed attempt of the previous Head of State, Yoon Suk-Yeolto impose martial law on December 3. The offices will close at 8 p.m. local time (1 p.m. in France), when the first surveys carried out at the exit of the polls should reveal the probable winner.
The chief of the Centergauche opposition, Lee JAE-MYUNGwho had lost extreme accuracy against Yoon Suk-Yeol in 2022, is the big favorite of this presidential election in one turn. The former 61 -year -old worker had distinguished himself on the evening of martial law by broadcasting his frantic race directly towards the Parliament surrounded by the army, where he had managed to sneak with nearly 200 other deputies to vote a motion defeating the coup de force by Yoon Suk-Yeol. The latest Gallup survey authorized before the election, the credit of 49 % of the votes, against 35 % for the Conservative Kim Moon-Soo, from the Power of Power to the People (PPP, Right)-the old formation of Yoon. Kim Moon-Soo, a 73-year-old ex-union leader who has changed edge, had refused to apologize for his party in the aftermath of the debacle. The early vote being intended to fill the void at the head of the State, the winner will take office from his proclamation by electoral authority.
The South Koreans hope that this ballot will allow them to turn the page after six months of political chaos marked by massive demonstrations, judicial twists and turns and an unprecedented succession of temporary presidents. The business circles, for their part, look forward to the arrival of a stable president to pilot the fourth Asian economy, very dependent on his exports, in an environment agitated by Commercial wars of the American president Donald Trump.
Of the 44.3 million voters, more than a third have already voted early on Thursday and Friday. At midday (6 am in France in France), the electoral commission reported a participation of 62.1 %, against 61.3 % at the same time in 2022. Ex-president Yoon voted on Tuesday in Seoul, without saying the journalists.
