The ruling party’s continuous opposition to the president… Has Lame Duck Started
Reporter Park Seok-ho [email protected]
Input: 2021-01-04 19:26:54Revision: 2021-01-04 19:27:39Posted: 2021-01-04 19:30:35 (p. 4)
President Moon Jae-in is speaking at the opening ceremony of the low-carbon, eco-friendly high-speed train KTX-Eum held at Wonju Station in Gangwon-do on the 4th. The train runs between Cheongnyangni and Andong from the 5th, but by the end of 2022, it runs to Busan Shinhaeeundae Station and Bujeon Station. yunhap news
Recently, as the ruling party’s voices of direct opposition to President Moon Jae-in’s intentions have increased, an analysis has emerged as to whether it is a sign of’lame duck’. This situation is repeated whenever sensitive issues such as controversy over the pardon of the former president and the disciplinary situation of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol arise.
In addition, President Moon has never expressed his position on the amnesty first raised by Democratic Party leader Nak-yeon Lee. However, it is common to see that there was a “prior rapport” between the Party and the Administration in that President Lee and President Moon continued to stand alone at the end of last year, and pardon was the president’s authority. Some observers suggested that the cautious representative Lee’s amnesty was to relieve President Moon’s burden of using’national integration’ as a driving force for state administration in the latter half of his term.
Amnesty of the former presidential vice-principal
Braking as public opinion infested with party members and supporters
Even in the statement of position after the court decision
Internal noise including allegations of impeachment of the Prosecutor General
However, as opposition from party members and supporters invaded, pardon was put to a brake.
Rep. Kim Yong-min said, “11 years after pardons Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, we lost President Roh Moo-hyun.” There have also been criticisms such as demanding Lee’s resignation or even reporting Lee as a violation of the code of ethics.
In the end, it is analyzed that as the amnesty theory received strong resistance from the inside of the passport, the extent of the maneuvering that President Moon can secure the driving force for state administration through the amnesty has narrowed.
In this regard, former Democratic Party representative Sohn Hak-gyu also pointed out in a Facebook post on the 4th that “some Democratic Party members are putting a brake on the president’s political decision.” Nevertheless, in the controversy over the amnesty, it can be said that it is not a fatal blow since President Moon did not disclose his position.
However, at the end of last year, during the disciplinary action of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol and the court’s suspension of execution, there were cases that directly opposed President Moon’s remarks.
President Moon apologized to the public on December 25 last year, a day after the decision to suspend disciplinary action against President Yoon was issued. At the time, President Moon said, “I respect the court’s decision,” and said, “As a personnel authority, I apologize for causing inconvenience and confusion to the people.” It meant that the prosecution would end the disciplinary issue of the prosecutor general and complete the institutional reform. In an official commentary by the Democratic Party as well, it was evaluated as “a statement of responsibility as a person in charge of human resources and a willingness to complete the reform of the prosecution.
However, the public opinion at the bottom of the ruling party was different. Controversy has been raised as some lawmakers repeatedly insisted on the need to impeach Yun. Not only have some raised the suspicion of’the prosecution-court collusion’, but even claims of impeachment of judges flowed.
Amid the discord in the passport, President Moon’s first poll for the new year reached the lowest level since taking office.
One politician said, “Lame Duck comes little by little with the appearance that leadership does not work inside the passport rather than attacks by the opposition or opposition parties.” It is not unrelated to the current regime’s lame duck that narrowing the range of the president’s ability to operate or the voices of opposition to the president’s message of change of state are coming out. Reporter Park Seok-ho [email protected]