9 out of 10 S. Koreans support court’s decision to oust Park

SEOUL: Almost nine out of 10 South Koreans supported the constitutional court’s decision to oust President Park Geun-hye, a local survey showed yesterday, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.

The court’s Friday ruling permanently removed Park from office. Park became the first South Korean leader to be ousted through impeachment.

According to the Realmeter poll, 86 per cent of respondents said the court’s ruling was right. Only 12 per cent said it was not right, with 2 per cent declining to reply.

Even in North Gyeongsang province, a traditional support base for Park and her party, 75 per cent saw the court’s ruling positively. Among those in their 60s or older, the key supporters for Park, 74.6 per cent replied Park’s ouster was right.

The result is based on a survey of 1,008 voters conducted Friday. It has 3.1 percentage points in margin of error.

A whopping 92 per cent said people should accept the court’s decision to uphold the impeachment motion. Those against the ruling took up just 6 per cent of the total respondents.

Meanwhile, 69.4 per cent replied that Park should be taken into custody and be investigated by prosecutors. Those in favour of investigation without detention were 17.8 per cent, while just 9.6 per cent was against any investigation.

Regardless of Park’s arrest or not, almost 90 per cent demanded prosecutors’ investigation directly into Park. — Bernama