Prime Minister Han on falling approval ratings: “I will take public sentiment seriously... It is time to return to our original mindset”
Lee Jae-myung’s approval ratings fall, Prime Minister Han Seong-suk’s message of accepting public sentiment Key points from the National Assembly’s interpellation session on the government, covering personnel controversies and Chuseok prices
Prime Minister Han Seongsook said on the 14th during a National Assembly interpellation session on government affairs that, regarding the decline in approval ratings for President Lee Jaemyung, “We are hearing the voices of public sentiment well through the approval ratings that the people are giving us,” and that “we are taking it very seriously and with great weight.”
In response to the opposition party’s questions regarding the personnel controversy, Han said, “Where there are shortcomings, we must do our best to earn the people’s trust,” and “I think it is time to properly understand the messages the people are sending and return to our original intentions.”
She also explained that, regarding the longvacant posts of Commissioner General of the National Police Agency and Prosecutor General, appropriate appointments will be made in line with the reform of the criminal justice system, and that ahead of Chuseok, the government is focusing on stabilizing prices and minimizing inconvenience to the public.