- Yoon leaves PPP to support Kim Moon-Soo, defend the Republic of Korea
- Pro-yoon rallyes become violent; Four supporters receive prison conditions.
- Kim highlights not to apologize on the suspension of civil rules
Former South South South President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Saturday that he left the Conservative People Power Party (PPP), according to his article on Facebook.
The announcement comes as the PPP presidential candidate seriously drags on the candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party Lee Jae-Myung in the ballot boxes before the SNAP elections of June 3.
According to a Gallup Korea survey published on Friday, some 29% supported the presidential candidate of the PPP Kim Moon-Soo, against 51% to frontrunner Lee.
Yoon, whose surprise martial law of December and the subsequent eviction by the dismissal caused the presidential election of the SNAP, had been called by the party members to leave the party in order to gather moderate voters who see its actions negatively.
“I leave the People Power Party to fill out my responsibility for protecting the Libre Republic of Korea … Please lend your support to Kim Moon-Soo,” said Yoon in his article, referring to the official name of South Korea.
The candidates Lee and Kim should compete in their first televised debate on Sunday.
The Declaration of the Martial Law of Yoon-which, according to him, was necessary to break the legislative and “ancestors”, the pro-Nord-Korean “anti-state” forces-have collected extreme religious figures and right-wing youtubers.
The pro-Yoon rallies became violent in January when extremist supporters angry by the approval by the court of his official arrest warrant for a courthouse in Seoul. Four of them received prison terms this week.
Yoon had been accused of tacitly encouraging violence, after sending a message in early January to his supporters of the hard line warning that the country was “in danger” in early January and committing to stand with them “until the end”.
Yoon said on Saturday that the next Snap election is “the last chance to prevent totalitarian dictatorship and protect liberal democracy and the rule of law”.
According to the latest Gallup survey published on Friday, Lee of the Democratic Party – which currently faces several criminal trials – is in the lead with support of 51%, followed by the PPP KIM at 29%.
PPP’s candidate Kim drew public attention as the only member of the cabinet who refused to apologize for omitting Yoon’s brief suspension of civil domination.
But Kim apologized for the candidacy of the Martial Law of Yoon for the first time earlier this week, saying that he was “sincerely sorry for the people who suffer” because of this.
