“In the end, it depends on what kind of judgment President Moon Jae-in makes. If the President decides to pardon, there is a possibility that the backlash from the supporters will subside to some extent.”
Lee Nak-yeon, a representative of the Democratic Party, said as the first message of the new year, a controversy over the amnesty of two former presidents, Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye.
In politics, Lee was criticized for pardon. Inside the passport, there are opinions such as’How to pardon criminals without an apology’,’Especially, Park Geun-hye has not only criminal offenses, but also people’s judgment (impeachment)’. There is also an atmosphere that it is not possible to only welcome the apology of the crimes of the two former presidents by Kim Jong-in, chairman of the Emergency Response Committee.
The official said in the media today, “There is inevitably a lot of criticism right now, and I am also opposed to amnesty based on the principled position, but from the standpoint of this representative, is it not a politically considered decision?”
Here, “political consideration” refers to the political burden that President Moon feels and the actions of President Lee’s presidential power. From the standpoint of President Moon, both former presidents were imprisoned just before his term of office, and Park Geun-hye was imprisoned for the longest period of time (about 3 years and 10 months) among the former presidents, which was felt as a political burden to President Moon apart from legal issues. Said. In addition, the representative explained that Lee, who is classified as a Honam person, is also a breakthrough to gain support in the Yeongnam region in the future presidential movement.
Amidst this, a poll on Realmeter OhmyNews on the 6th showed that the two ex-presidents’ pardons were both in favor (47.7%) and opposite (48%). It is a different atmosphere from that in the politics and the press, where critical opinions dominated the amnesty. It is difficult to conclude that the amnesty card failed from the point of view of “voting calculation” even though the Democratic Party supporters disagree (88.8%) and the people’s power supporters agree (81.4%) overwhelmingly.
In addition, the Chosun Ilbo on the 7th announced that it would review Park Geun-hye’s pardon by quoting the words of’key passport officials’ in an article entitled, “Park Geun-hye will pardon, Lee Myung-bak will withhold.” This is likely to be from the representative Lee’s side.
In an interview with the Chosun Ilbo, an official from the Blue House said, “There is no position on the amnesty,” and after the report, a spokesman for the Blue House said, “I have not reviewed the amnesty.” It is also true that there is no.
Representative Lee said in the media today, “President Moon and CEO Lee met at the end of last year, and only the parties can know what they discussed at the site.” “The relationship between them” opened up the possibility of prior communication.
Representative Lee has said that “there was no prior rapport with the President” regarding the proposal for amnesty and the proposal for the reception.
Regardless of whether or not there is a prior sympathy, as a result, the ball has passed to the president. If President Moon accepts Lee’s suggestion and pardons him, Lee will catch two rabbits that show’loyalty to the president’ as he said, and at the same time appeal to the supporters of Yeongnam and conservative tendencies.
It is also possible that President Moon will deliver a message for Lee even if he does not finally execute an amnesty within his term of office. This is because it is burdensome for the regime to be in the form of a so-called’show’ by Lee, the influential president of the passport.
Representative Lee said’national integration’ as a reason for bringing up a pardon proposal. This is the idea he has conceived since the days of the prime minister, and the relevant official said that in the future, more agenda related to national integration will be thrown. It is noteworthy what message will come out at the New Year press conference between President Moon and President Lee, which is expected to proceed within this month.
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