The Constitutional Court’s eight justices — (from L to R, rear) Chung Kye-sun, Kim Bok-hyeong, Jung Jung-mi, Lee Mi-son, Moon Hyung-bae, Kim Hyung-du, Cheong Hyung-sik and Cho Han-chang — are seated at the court in Seoul on April 4, 2025, to deliver the court’s ruling on whether to dismiss or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost four-fifths of South Koreans say they accepted the Constitutional Court’s verdict that removed former President Yoon Suk Yeol from office over his brief martial law declaration in December, a survey showed Monday.
The poll, conducted by Realmeter on 1,516 adults aged over 18 from Wednesday to Friday, found that 76.9 percent of respondents said they accepted the court’s ruling. Seventeen percent said they will not accept the outcome, while 15 percent remained undecided.
Support for the ruling varied by political affiliation.
Among supporters of the main opposition Democratic Party, 86.5 percent said they would accept the decision. Among those backing the ruling People Power Party, the figure was lower at 65.5 percent.
Public sentiment also shifted before and after the court’s decision was announced on Friday morning.
Nearly 80 percent of respondents on Wednesday and Thursday said they would accept the ruling, but the number dropped to 71.2 percent on Friday. The share of those unwilling to accept the result rose from 12.9 percent to 26.5 percent over the cited period.
(Yonhap)
