President Moon Jae-in said, “Now is not the time to speak of pardons” in relation to the amnesty of two former Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye. “It is unacceptable to the public to demand pardon while denying the results of the trial.” He also emphasized the consensus of the people.
At a New Year’s press conference held at a briefing on the second floor of the Cheongwadae Chunchu Hall on the morning of the 18th, President Moon replied, saying that although he learned a lot about the amnesty issue, he would reveal his honest thoughts.
President Moon said, “I am worried that both of you are imprisoned by the president, and that it is a national unfortunate situation, and that both of you are old and in poor health.” “But I think it is not time to say pardon.” President Moon said, “The trial process is just over. The tremendous Gukjeong Nongdan and power-type corruption were confirmed to be true, and the national damage was severe due to the Gukjeong Nongdan or the power-type corruption. I did.”
President Moon said, “By the way, to say pardon as soon as the sentence is over, although pardon is the authority of the president, it seems that the president does not have the right to say that to the politicians. “Moreover, it denies past mistakes and does not acknowledge the results of the trial. “The common sense of the people will not tolerate the move to ask for amnesty in, and it is difficult for me to accept it.” He said, “However, there are many people who support the former president, and among them, there will be many people who are sick and regretful in the current situation. “If the right time comes someday, the time will come when you have to think deeply.” He continued, “The prerequisite is that a consensus among the people should be formed, and if the people do not agree on the amnesty, amnesty cannot be a way of integration.” “If there is a division of national opinion surrounding the amnesty, It will be the result.”
When President Moon was criticized as a target investigation at the time of former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook’s arrest, President Kim Tae-gyu asked whether he was considering a plan to pardon former Prime Minister Han and two former Presidents together. “I am sorry for all of the President,” he refuted, saying, “I think that the exercise of pardon is very different from that that is personally sad.” President Moon explained, “The president has been delegated the right to pardon, and the president is not free to do it,” he explained. “We have not reviewed the pardon for politicians yet, and it is difficult to tell in advance what will happen in the future.” He replied, “I think it is difficult to exercise the presidential unilateral pardon that is not based on the consensus of the people, and I think this is a request of the times.”
Lee Nak-yeon, the representative of the Democratic Party, who raised the amnesty at the beginning of the year, has yet to come up with a different position. Representative Lee even nodded during his remarks while watching a press conference for President Moon’s New Year together in the meeting room of the party representatives of the National Assembly this morning.
Representative Lee watched TV quietly while President Moon made a remark on the amnesty, and nodded a little when President Moon said, “The trial result is over.” Representative Lee nodded several times during the presidential remarks.
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