In latest years, the presidential candidates from all of the political spectrum have supported the evaluations, together with two -year -olds from the presidents, however there have been few concrete steps after the selection of the brand new leaders.
An opinion survey of Gallup’s Korea final month discovered that 67 % of interviewees supported the revision of the Constitution to set the presidential system, with 21 % who claims to not be needed.
In April, Lee rejected a proposal by Woo Won-Shik, the speaker of Parliament, to maintain a referendum on the constitutional reform on the day of the presidential elections of three June.
At the time, Lee stated that placing political turbulence to finish was the utmost precedence.
The subsequent president ought to start to gather public consensus based mostly on electoral commitments for the constitutional modification and transfer ahead with bipartisan help, he advised journalists on Sunday.
Kim and his celebration criticized Lee for not having dedicated to lowering the deadline for the following presidency, however Lee has stated {that a} secure governance and an financial restoration could be extra necessary for the following chief than spending a lot of the time period solely on the constitutional revision.
Professor Chae stated that whereas Lee and Kim shared comparable aims, the 2 contenders had been guided by completely different causes.
“I feel the candidate Kim offered the concept of a transition authorities to assessment the Constitution as a strategy to apologize for martial legislation,” he stated.
“The candidate Lee initially didn’t need to soar, to not divert consideration to him, however now he’s saying it to carry extra average voters.”
