DPK Chair Proposes Pardoning former Korean Presidents Park Geun-hye Lee Myung-bak
It looks like the ruling party realizes that the end of the Moon administration is nearing which means the potential of the conservatives winning the next election. If that was to happen no doubt the conservatives would look to start locking up their liberal political adversaries just like the Moon administration has done to them:
Ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Lee Nak-yon is seeking to propose pardons for former presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, who have been behind bars on corruption charges, to President Moon Jae-in.
Korea Times
“I will propose pardons for the two former presidents to President Moon Jae-in at an appropriate time,” Lee said during a New Year interview with local news agency Yonhap. Lee said the pardons of the two former presidents could be a way to promote reconciliation and overcome the ideological gap between conservatives and liberals.
“This year is the de facto final year for President Moon to practice policies, and this matter (of pardoning the two former presidents) needs to be solved at a right time,” Lee said. “I am seeking to propose it (to President Moon) apart from pros and cons from the supporters of the ruling bloc. … The party will have to play a more active role from now on.”
As former President Lee was sentenced to 17 years by the Supreme Court last October while Park is still on trial, a special pardon and suspension of sentence will be sought for each case, if President Moon pardons the two former presidents.
Something that is important to remember is that this is about more than just Presidents Park and Lee being locked up, there has been numerous journalists and conservative commentators prosecuted and locked up as well for speaking out against the Moon administration.
Well he can pardon a disgraced former President & the President he masterminded the coup over, after all they will likely simply go off quietly and die. But those pesky journalists, bloggers and other assorted media folks would likely return to a platform where they could start to expose him for the communist traitor he is to the Republic of Korea. Commie moon pie if you want me contact GI, he has my email address…good luck with that dead end…
Commie moon is also going to need a pardon in the future.
Follow the money.
I hate to burst your bubble GI Korea, but unlike the end of the Roh administration, where the conservatives had a viable alternative in the form of Lee Myungbak and the leftists had losers, the conservatives have no one who has the clout, influence, charisma, and the leadership to take on the leftists.
The leftists on the other hand have someone like Lee Nakyeon who is a strong contender for the presidency.
So, the next president will come from the Democratic Party. But that does not mean the leftists would be able to hold on to their lead in the next local and parliamentary elections.
After Lee Nakyeon, I believe we may see a conservative president. But the conservatives need to do some deep soul searching and ditch their rabid extreme Christian right wing support base in order to gain support from the moderate center Korean voter and retake the Blue House.