Government employees affiliated to the Government Employees Union published a declaration on the situation on April 20 at which they said that in order to set right the wrong society it is necessary for the "prime minister" to step down, to begin with.

The prosecution's investigation can never be conducted properly as long as Ri Wan Gu stays in office, the declaration said.

The present chief executive should make an apology to the people for her self-righteous appointment of Ri as "prime minister" though lot of scandals related to him were disclosed, it noted.

Members of the Sejong Citizens Solidarity for Democratic Society launched one-by-one demonstration on April 20 in demand of the immediate resignation of Ri.

On April 19, the Social Tendency Institute conducted an opinion poll among 1,000 men and women across south Korea. An overwhelming majority of the respondents demanded the resignation of Ri.