Nearly 6 out of 10 South Koreans support impeaching suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol over his Dec. 3 botched martial law declaration, a survey showed, as the Constitutional Court began deliberations to decide whether to uphold his impeachment or reinstate him.

According to the survey conducted by Gallup of 1,000 adults aged over 18 Feb. 25-27, 59 percent said they supported Yoon’s impeachment, down 1 percentage point from a week earlier.

Thirty-five percent said they were against Yoon’s impeachment.

By party, 97 percent of supporters of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea agree he should be impeached, while 84 percent of ruling People Power Party supporters opposed the impeachment.

Among those in their 20s to 50s, 6 to 7 out of 10 supported Yoon’s impeachment, while those in their 60s were evenly split, the pollster said. Only among those aged 70 and older was there a majority — 58 percent — who were against impeaching the suspended president. (Yonhap)