President Lee Jae-myung Hits Record Low Approval Rating of 44%… Real Estate Policy Tops Negative Review Reasons

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In a Gallup Korea poll, President Lee Jae-myung's state approval rating dropped 7 percentage points from the previous survey to 44%. This marks the lowest figure since taking office according to this polling organization's surveys. Real estate policy was cited most frequently as the reason for negative evaluations.

Reporter Son Hyeong-an has the details.

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According to a survey conducted by pollster Gallup Korea on 1,000 adults aged 18 and older nationwide over three days starting from the 11th, 44% of respondents said President Lee Jae-myung is doing a good job in performing his duties, while 46% said he is doing a poor job.

Compared to Gallup's previous survey in the fourth week of July, positive evaluations fell by 7 percentage points, and negative evaluations rose by 8 percentage points.

Limiting the scope to Gallup polls, positive evaluations hit the lowest point since President Lee took office, and negative evaluations outnumbered positive ones numerically for the first time.

Reasons for negative evaluations included real estate policy at 30%, economy and livelihood at 13%, and general incompetence at 7%.

Gallup asked, "The government recently announced tax reform plans, such as increasing the burden of comprehensive real estate tax and capital gains tax on ultra-high-priced, non-resident single-home owners. What kind of impact do you think this will have on the real estate market?"

Positive impact was recorded at 24%, negative impact at 45%, and no impact at 12%, respectively.

By region, 21% in Seoul viewed it as "positive" and 51% as "negative," while Incheon and Gyeonggi Province showed 25% "positive" and 48% "negative."

Depending on homeownership, among homeowners, 26% viewed it positively and 50% negatively, while non-homeowners answered 21% positively and 38% negatively.

Regarding government intervention in the housing market, responses showed that the government should intervene more at 27%, intervene less at 40%, and that the current level is appropriate at 20%.

Regarding the complete abolition of prosecutors' supplementary investigation rights following the revision of the Criminal Procedure Act, 27% considered it a good thing while 50% considered it a bad thing. The reasons for thinking it was a good thing were led by the reduction of prosecutorial authority and power decentralization, followed by distrust in prosecutors and past wrongdoings, and the necessity of prosecution reform. The reasons for thinking it was a bad thing were led by the concentration of power in the police and the need for checks, the necessity of prosecutors' supplementary investigation functions, and advantages for criminals coupled with insufficient victim protection.

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