In addition, President Lee Nak-yeon of the Democratic Party attends President Moon Jae-in’s New Year’s greetings through video on the 7th. (Left) President Moon Jae-in is greeting at the ‘2021 New Year’s Day with the People’ held on the 7th through non-face-to-face video. . Reporter Oh Dae-geun Senior Reporter Wang Tae-seok
Inside the passport, the current is spreading that it is burdensome to continue discussing the special pardon for former Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye. Regardless of whether President Moon Jae-in actually reviewed the amnesty, political discourse grows, and consensus is formed in that’the controversy must end’. It is observed that even if President Moon makes a statement on the amnesty in the future, the situation will be sealed at the level of the principle that “a national consensus is necessary.”
“A pardon flows erratically… the presidential option narrows”
In addition, a key Democratic Party official said in a call with the Hankook Ilbo on the 10th, “There is an opinion that an amnesty is necessary for national unification, but there are conflicting public opinions, countless speculations, and discussions are going wrong.” “As a result, President Moon’s options are narrow. I lost.” An official at the Blue House also said, “It is difficult to discuss the amnesty.”
The pro-moon re-initiation camp also caught the strand with the evolution of amnesty. Democratic Party lawmaker Yun Gun-young, who is called the regret of President Moon Jae-in, said, “I hope that the controversy over pardon will stop. The most important thing now is to overcome the Corona 19 crisis.” “The Park Geun-hye administration collapsed due to the candlelight revolution led by the people, not politicians.”
Park Geun-hye, former President Lee Myung-bak. Hankook Ilbo data photo
Write down the amnesty of public opinion… MB says “The person who caught it must reflect on it”
Democratic Party President Lee Nak-yeon, who first discussed the amnesty theory, broke through the phase with the cause of’national integration’ in a situation where the ruling party faced a crisis due to the failure of real estate policy, the re-proliferation of Corona 19, and the conflict between Chu Mi-ae and Yoon Seok-yeol. You may have expected to see it. There is also a positive evaluation that “they have revealed their political convictions, freeing from criticism that it is dependent on parenthood.”
However, the backlash from the ruling party was great, and the response to public opinion was low. According to a poll by Gallup Korea on the 8th, 54% of respondents said’the current government should not pardon’, far higher than 37% of’must pardon’. On the side of the two former presidents, “the person who caught him should reflect on it” (Lee Jae-oh, standing adviser of the people’s power), “Is it the card in the wallet that I put in and out when I need an amnesty?” (Lee Jeong-hyun, former lawmaker of the people’s power). The power of the people also launched an offensive, saying, “Political calculation aimed at the by-election of Seoul and Busan mayors in April” and “a conspiracy to divide the opposition parties”.
Will the pardon controversy be closed at the press conference of President Moon on the 18th?
In the end, even if President Moon mentions the amnesty in the future, it is an observation from the core of the passport that “it will only be at the basic level.” Rather than deciding whether to pardon immediately, it is said that there is a high possibility that the controversy will end, saying,’It requires reflection of the parties and national consensus.’ The Blue House is in a position that it can only discuss pardons after the Supreme Court ruling on the 14th, when the sentence of former President Park is confirmed. President Moon’s New Year’s press conference on the 18th is expected to be the end of the controversy over the pardon. It is known that the President’s New Year’s Address on the 11th contains the direction of’recovery of daily life and leap forward as a leading country’ without any amnesty.
However, there are voices in the core of the passport that it is necessary to start reviewing the pardon internally. A Democratic Party official said, “In the process of the presidential election, the power of the people will make a pledge to pardon the former president.” “The Democratic Party must also carefully make a stance on whether and how to pardon.” President Moon also said in the KBS talks in 2019. On the issue of the former president’s amnesty, he once showed a flexible position, saying, “Because I am my predecessor, I am the most painful and burdened more than anyone else.”
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