President Moon Jae-in attends the ceremony for the presentation of the credentials of Ambassador Kang Chang-il to Japan held at the Blue House on the 14th. yunhap news
President Moon Jae-in did not give any stance on’pardon’ even after the Supreme Court’s final sentence against former President Park Geun-hye came out on the 14th. “Silence” was chosen between the “political situation” that it is difficult for the two former presidents to continue the burdensome state of being in prison until the end of their term of office and the “many public opinion” that pardons should not be made without apology and reflection. But this silence doesn’t seem to last long. This is because the issue of’pardon’ at the New Year’s press conference to be held within this month is an inevitable topic.
The Blue House “There was no word from the President”
A key member of the Blue House met with reporters this afternoon and said, “It is not appropriate to comment on the amnesty as soon as the Supreme Court sentence is issued. I haven’t heard anything from the president.” Regarding the sentence, “The case was concluded by the court’s judicial judgment following the candlelight revolution by the people and the impeachment of the National Assembly, and the constitutional spirit of’Korea is a democratic republic’ was embodied, and the maturity and development of Korean democracy. It means,” he added. He added, “The unfortunate incident that led to the former president’s imprisonment should be taken as a historical lesson and this should not happen again.” The Blue House’s comments on that day were well expected. This is because the Blue House has recently revealed that there will be no statement of position on the president’s pardon for the time being. With the amnesty emerging as a sensitive issue in the political world, the fact that the president directly revealed his position immediately after the Supreme Court sentence was a situation where the political burden was inevitable,’whatever the conclusion’. However, the overall airflow of the Blue House on the slopes can be inferred to some extent through a radio interview with Choi Jae-sung, chief executive officer, Moo-seok Choi. In a radio interview on the 13th, Choi Soo-seok said in a radio interview on the 13th that it is difficult to think about the amnesty of former presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye from the politics, “Because the president’s right to amnesty, which is the only authority, comes from the power delegated by the people, it is difficult to think about it except for the people (agree).” Has been revealed. It meant that it was difficult for the President to make a decision only with’political will’ in a situation where public opinion was negative, and in order for an amnesty to be possible, the efforts of the parties to divert the cold public opinion of the people had to be preceded.
‘Night meeting with the leader → Acceptance of pardon request’ scenario diagram
Although he earned time by putting the prerequisites of the amnesty ahead, it is also a burden to put off the point of decision. It is because he could get caught up in criticism that he tried to avoid political responsibility as a ruler by using’many public opinion’ as an excuse. It is not easy to ignore the demand for pardon from the opposition party and the two former presidential supporters, with the state policy set to’embracing’ this year. For this reason, some of the passports have also discussed a scenario in which, when a request for amnesty comes out at a meeting between the president and the opposition heads promoted by the Blue House, President Moon unscrews the knot in the form of accommodating it. Former President Kim Young-sam, who retired in 1998, also has a precedent of pardoning former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, who were tried and imprisoned during their term in the form of accepting the recommendations of the then-president Kim Dae-jung just before his term of office was concluded. By Lee Wan, staff reporter [email protected]