By Kang Hyun-kyung
Staff Reporter
About 52.3 percent of people support the way President Lee Myung-bak is handling the economy, while the remainder didn't, a survey said Wednesday.
But the poll conducted by the Youido Institute, a research arm of the governing Grand National Party (GNP), showed that people were not convinced that measures designed for job stability and employment have been effective.
The think tank conducted the survey of 2,194 people last Thursday to mark the second anniversary of President Lee's inauguration, which falls today. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.09 percent.
According to the survey, 52.2 percent of respondents said Lee's performance in job creation, job sharing and internship programs was not satisfactory.
As for policy priorities for this year, 46 percent said that the President should emphasize job creation, followed by measures to control inflation (18.5 percent), and property and housing (13.5).
A Chosun Ilbo-Gallup poll found Lee's approval rating stood at 44.2 percent, about 10 percentage points up from a survey taken a year ago.
Respondents supported his achievements in foreign policy and the way he has dealt with North Korea, but they gave him poor scores in achieving political stabilization and improving the education system.
hkang@koreatimes.co.kr
