Emphasizing’inclusion’ to resolve polarization instead of’integration’
At a press conference in the middle of this month, it seems to be revealing the position of’amnesty’
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President Moon Jae-in did not make any comments suggesting the pardon of former Presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak in his New Year’s address on the 11th. Earlier, at the New Year’s meeting on the 7th, when President Moon revealed that “the new year is the year of integration,” political observations that “put weight on the slopes” followed, but on this day the word “inclusion” was used instead of “integration”. . The Blue House explained this as “embracing for resolving polarization.”
With public opinion over the amnesty split in two, President Moon’s final position is expected to be resolved only after the Supreme Court’s sentence against former President Park on the 14th. As President Moon’s New Year’s press conference is scheduled to answer reporters’ questions in the middle of this month, it is highly likely that President Moon’s intentions for the amnesty will be revealed.
In addition to Lee Nak-yeon, who lit the amnesty on New Year’s first day, the Democratic Party’s representative also kept silent after saying, “I will wait for the Supreme Court ruling.” It is known that Lee is looking at the trend of public opinion after facing fierce backlash from supporters of the pro-moon. Since amnesty is the president’s intrinsic authority, a hamgu order has been actually issued even among the Blue House staff.
President Moon’s New Year’s address with no prediction of the direction of the amnesty can also be interpreted as meaning that the conflict and worries are deep. According to a poll previously released by Gallup Korea on the 8th, the response that’the current government should not pardon’ (54%) overwhelmed the response (37%) that’the current government should pardon’. However, voices demanding amnesty are remarkably high among the opposition supporters and the age group over 60.
In the passport, it is believed that Lee would not have brought up an amnesty without rapport with President Moon. It is worth noting that the time when Lee mentioned his pardon was immediately after his monopoly with President Moon at the end of last year.
/ Reporter Yoon Hong-woo [email protected]
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