“It won’t last long for political considerations like this or that.”
“Won, I think I will use it for the election… I will weigh the timing”
President Moon Jae-in said at a New Year’s press conference on the 18th that “Now is not the time to speak of pardon” regarding the amnesty of two former Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye. In response, the opposition opposition responded, saying, “A quick pardon is needed” and “I followed the will of the supporters of the provincial family.”
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Regarding President Moon’s idea that “it is not the time to speak of pardon,” said President Ho-young Joo on that day, “This is a problem that was triggered by the ruling party’s representative suggesting pardon on January 1st. . “I believe that if you put this out for a long time, or if you attach these or other conditions, it will be contrary to the original purpose and purpose.” He raised his voice, saying, “A quick amnesty is necessary.” He met with reporters after an interview with Minister of Tourism Chung Young-ae on this afternoon, and criticized that “a pardon is the president’s own authority, a matter that must be determined for national integration,” and “it is not a long-lasting political consideration.” In addition, he emphasized that “the issue of amnesty is always a matter that can be discussed only when a ruling is finalized by the real powers, and since the ruling is confirmed, the people are interested in a lot.”
In this regard, former Barunmirae Party CEO Sohn Hak-gyu also criticized “disappointing”, saying, “It means that we do not have in mind the integration of the people, but that we will focus only on recreating the next regime with self-supporting forces.” Through his social network service (SNS) on this day, former CEO Son said, “President Moon followed the will of the supporters of pro-inmates, including 86 generations who requested’apologize’ and’consensus’. I’m only thinking about it, so I’ll weigh the time.” He added, “It will be the idea that it will be left as an important issue to be used in the by-election of the mayor of Seoul or the next presidential election,” he said. “It has become clear that the amnesty issue will be used for gathering support forces through division rather than integration.” At the same time, he added, “We should not follow the will of the supporters of the pro-government in public opinion, but lead them in the right direction.”
Earlier, at the ‘2021 New Year Press Conference’ held at the Cheongwadae Chunchugwan, President Moon said, “The fact that the two former presidents are imprisoned is a very unfortunate situation in the country.” “I’m very worried because there are sayings that everyone is old and not in good health,” he said. However, President Moon continued, “It has been confirmed that a tremendous government-run non-governmental and power-type corruption has been confirmed, and the national damage is severe due to the government-run non-governmental and power-type corruption.” He said, “By the way, to turn and say pardon as soon as the sentence is over, I don’t think the president and other politicians have the right to say that, although pardon is the authority of the president.”
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Meanwhile, Lee, who watched the New Year’s press conference in the party’s office, said, “I respect the President’s will,” when asked reporters’ questions about’how did you see the New Year’s press conference?’ President Moon’s dismissal of pardon is expected to inevitably cause some damage to Lee’s position inside and outside the party, who brought out the pardon on the 1st.
/ Reporter Jisu Kang [email protected]
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