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SEOUL – 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.
“What we are seeing with Cho’s party is the utter failure of the two major parties to respond to voters’ demands,” Yoo Jung-hoon, a political commentator, told AFP.Cho’s party was polling at nearly 30 percent approval this week, meaning — if the numbers hold — he could end up with 15 lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament.
“Cho’s party is largely running on a single issue, that this election should be a stern referendum on Yoon — and it is winning so much support,” Yoo said. Cho says prosecutors have been “lenient” with Yoon and his family, in sharp contrast with their pursuit of his own, which “endured harsh trials for years”.
Cho’s personal story is helping galvanise voters unhappy with both major parties, political analyst Yum Seung-yul told AFP.
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