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of the governing conservative People Power Party (PPP).Who is expected to win?
Lee, 61, a human rights lawyer-turned-politician, is the clear frontrunner.A Gallup Korea poll on May 28 showed 49 percent of respondents favoured the liberal candidate, while 36 percent said they would vote for Kim, 73, a staunch conservative who served as labour minister in Yoon’s government.Trailing in third place is Lee Jun-seok of the conservative New Reform Party, at 9 percent.
What are the key issues?Yoon’s botched martial law bid has cast a shadow over the race.
It put Lee, who lost the last election to Yoon in 2022, back on track for the presidency.
The leader of the opposition was instrumental in foiling the president’s plan. On December 3, when Yoon declared martial law – in a bid to quash the Democratic Party-dominated parliament, which he portrayed as “anti-state” and a “den of criminals” – Lee rushed to the National Assembly and climbed the walls of the building to avoid the hundreds of armed troops deployed there. He livestreamed his exploit, urging supporters to come to the parliament and prevent the arrest of legislators.The last match is on Sunday, also in Lahore.
Remaining contenders after the fraught first round are neck and neck, but the country’s choice will determine whether government can get vital reforms through.– The streets of Warsaw were awash with red-and-white flags last Sunday as two presidential hopefuls and their supporters
marched through the capitalfor one last time before Poland takes to polls on Sunday, June 1, in the second round of voting for the country’s next president.