[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyungsoo] Related stocks are showing strength following news that Choi Jae-hyung, Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, has seen a rise in approval ratings in the next presidential candidate preference poll.
At 9:30 AM on the 24th, Iruon is trading at 5,580 KRW, up 20.0% from the previous day.
In a next presidential candidate preference poll conducted by Realmeter on behalf of OhmyNews over two days from the 21st to the 22nd, surveying 2,014 adults aged 18 and over nationwide, former Prosecutor General Yoon received 32.3% and Governor Lee 22.8%, maintaining first and second place. Compared to the same poll two weeks ago, Yoon dropped by 2.8 percentage points and Lee by 0.3 percentage points.
Former Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon (8.4%), independent lawmaker Hong Joon-pyo (4.1%), and former Minister of Justice Chu Mi-ae (3.9%) followed. Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection Choi Jae-hyung, who is rumored to be imminently running for president, rose from 1.5% in the previous poll to 3.6%, jumping to sixth place. Among conservative and opposition candidates, he ranks third.
Former People Power Party emergency committee chairman Kim Jong-in said, "I heard that Chairman Choi might serve only two years of his five-year term and propose a constitutional amendment to introduce a cabinet system in the 2024 general election."
The margin of error for this survey is ±2.2 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. For more details, refer to the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission or the Realmeter website.
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