Some 40% of Koreans say constitutional revision should be discussed later: poll

6 October 2014
(Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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<p>Nearly 4 out of 10 people believe discussions about revising the Constitution should begin no earlier than next year, a poll showed Monday, as the topic has reemerged as a political issue. An amendment to the Constitution, last revised in 1987, would likely touch on the sensitive issue of changing the single-term, five-year presidency to a four-year term with the possibility of re-election.</p><p><br><br>More than 38 percent of adults surveyed on Thursday, however, said that a constitutional debate should begin no earlier than next year, according to polling agency Realmeter.</p><p><br><br>Those who said that the debate should begin this year accounted for 31.9 percent.</p>
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