Today (June 3), the 100th day from Lee Myung-bak’s inauguration, two Korean broadcast media companies, KBS and YTN, released poll results showing that Lee’s approval ratings hit new bottoms: 17.2% (KBS) and 17.1% (YTN).
Pollsters agree that a president with approval ratings of below 30% is unable to govern effectively. A president with approval ratings of about 17% is nothing short of a vegetable.
We can only hope (against hope) that Lee will soon realize that the only way to regain the trust of the people is to renegotiate with the U.S. over beef import and to renounce the project of building the so-called “Great Canal for the Korean Peninsula” and also the plans for privatizing energy and utility industries and National Industry Bank.
Meanwhile, candlelights keep burning. Despite heavy rain, about 20,000 people participated today in peaceful rallies in downtown Seoul. Police violence subsided, and as a result, people could fully enjoy cheerful protest, shouting, singing and dancing on the streets.
No bottom to Lee Myung-bak’s approval ratings.
June 3, 2008Today (June 3), the 100th day from Lee Myung-bak’s inauguration, two Korean broadcast media companies, KBS and YTN, released poll results showing that Lee’s approval ratings hit new bottoms: 17.2% (KBS) and 17.1% (YTN).
Pollsters agree that a president with approval ratings of below 30% is unable to govern effectively. A president with approval ratings of about 17% is nothing short of a vegetable.
We can only hope (against hope) that Lee will soon realize that the only way to regain the trust of the people is to renegotiate with the U.S. over beef import and to renounce the project of building the so-called “Great Canal for the Korean Peninsula” and also the plans for privatizing energy and utility industries and National Industry Bank.
Meanwhile, candlelights keep burning. Despite heavy rain, about 20,000 people participated today in peaceful rallies in downtown Seoul. Police violence subsided, and as a result, people could fully enjoy cheerful protest, shouting, singing and dancing on the streets.
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