Elections South Korea no later than May 9

seoul - South Korea will be held no later than May 9 presidential election to choose a successor to the deposed Park Geun-hye. The elections will be free and fair, said the chairman of the electoral commission Saturday.

Kim Yong-deok expressed also concerns in his television speech that political disputes can lead to an overheated campaign. After the deposition of Park came to clashes in the capital Seoul between supporters of the former president and the police at least two people dead.

The relations of South Korea with the United States and regional power China are an important issue in the election. Seoul this month began the construction of an American-Korean missile shield that must protect against military threats from North Korea. China fears that the radar system can detect Chinese missile and is therefore strongly opposed the missile shield.

Favorite in opinion polls for the presidential election, the Liberal candidate Moon Jae-in. In a poll published Friday she leads with 32 percent.

The 65-year-old Park was president since February 2013, but last December the parliament began impeachment after a corruption scandal that mainly caused by her friend and confidante Choi Soon-sil. Who would have abused its position, according to prosecutors. She took big companies like Samsung dozens donate millions to foundations that were in her name.

Park has always said she never received improper requests from Samsung or that the company has made unlawful demands. The South Korean prosecutor has instituted proceedings against CEO Jay Lee (48) Samsung of corruption. He is also suspected of embezzlement.

Park is the first democratically elected leader in South Korea deposited. They can also be prosecuted now because she lost her presidential immunity.