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A former opposition leader has kept a steady lead in a poll for 15 straight weeks over his potential rivals for South Korea’s presidential race next year, a new poll showed Monday.
Moon Jae-in, a former leader of the main opposition Minjoo Party received 27 percent, up 2.3 percentage points from a week earlier, according to the poll released by local pollster Realmeter.
Moon's party received a big boost from the parliamentary elections earlier this month, in which it secured 123 out of 300 seats up for grabs. The party has become the single largest party in the new parliament.
Moon was defeated by President Park Geun-hye in the 2012 election. Park's single five-year term ends in early 2018, and by law, she cannot seek re-election.
Moon is trailed by Ahn Cheol-soo, a co-leader of the minor opposition People's Party, with 18.4 percent; former Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon in third with 9.6 percent and Kim Moo-sung, former head of the ruling Saenuri Party, with 7.8 percent.
Meanwhile, the president's job approval rating edged down 0.1 percentage point to 31.4 percent, the poll showed.
It also found that those who disapproved of Park's job performance came to 63.5 percent, up 1.2 percentage points from the previous week.
Park’s ruling Saenuri Party suffered a crushing defeat in the parliamentary elections by winning 122 out of the 300 seats.
(YONHAP)
