Lee Nak-yeon respects President Moon's statement, "Now is not the time to talk about pardons"

Lee Nak-yeon, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, and other party leadership are watching the President's New Year's press conference on the 18th at the party leader's office in the National Assembly. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] Lee Nak-yeon, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, stated on the 18th that he "respects the president's intention" regarding President Moon Jae-in's remark at the New Year's press conference that "now is not the time to talk about pardons."

Lee made this comment while meeting with reporters during President Moon's New Year's press conference that morning.

He had previously stated in a media interview that he would "recommend pardons for former Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye to the president at an appropriate time."

At the New Year's press conference that day, President Moon clearly expressed his stance against pardons, saying, "(The pardons of the two former presidents) would not be accepted by the common sense of the people, and I also find it difficult to accept," adding, "If there is another severe division of public opinion, it will not help unity but rather result in harming national unity."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.