Yoon and Moon to Have “Heart-to-Heart” Talk About Presidential Pardon for Lee Myung-bak

GIKorea | March 16, 2022 | Politics-Korea | 2 Comments

It appears the reason that Yoon Suk-yeol is asking President Moon to pardon former President Lee Myung-bak when Yoon could just do it himself when he takes office is to promote national reconciliation. If that is what Yoon wants to promote have Moon give out the pardon to the man he personally went after to humiliate and put in jail is a very symbolic way of doing this:

This file photo, taken July 25, 2019, shows President Moon Jae-in (R) presenting new Prosecutor General Yoon Suk-yeol with a letter of appointment at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. Yoon, the presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, who won South Korea’s presidential election on March 10, 2022, is set to take office on May 10 and serve a single five-year term. (Yonhap)

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will hold a one-on-one lunch meeting with President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday with no aides in attendance for a “heart-to-heart” discussion, his spokesperson said.
Yoon plans to use the meeting to ask for a special pardon for imprisoned former President Lee Myung-bak, spokesperson Kim Eun-hye told reporters during a press briefing. Lee has been serving a 17-year prison term for embezzlement and bribery.
“The meeting will serve as an occasion where they can hold a heart-to-heart discussion,” she said. “President-elect Yoon has long thought that he would ask for a pardon for former President Lee Myung-bak, and we hope this meeting will serve as a chance for national unity and reconciliation.”
Multiple sources in Cheong Wa Dae and the ruling bloc said chances are high that Moon will pardon Lee.
Yonhap

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