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On the first day of the year, Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon brought out the pardon of two former presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak.

To discuss this today (3rd), the ruling party leadership held an emergency meeting.

I decided to collect more opinions from the people, saying, "It is important to reflect on the parties," but in Lee's position, it took two days to step back.



This is reporter Minjung Kim.



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Lee Nak-yeon, president of the Democratic Party, launched a media interview on the first day of the new year through an interview with former presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye.



The Democratic Party's leadership convened an emergency Supreme Council meeting today, two days later, and argued for more than an hour about the pardon proposal Lee mentioned.



The conclusion was a prudent theory conscious of the opposition inside and outside the party.



[Choi In-ho /, with the Democratic Party chief spokesperson: (pardon issue), I is important reflection of the national consensus with the parties, as the opinion and decided to forward to respect the will of the people and the Party;



"pardon to the President in a timely manner suggests "I will do it," he said, and it seems to be distant from the CEO's proposal.



As for what criteria to judge the person's reflection, he said, "It is a part to collect opinions from the public" and "you should take enough time to discuss it."



Ho-young Joo, the national power, said, "You should not play around with a pardon," and "If you do not properly organize this one, you will not be qualified to represent the party."



He said, "What does it mean to reflect on someone who claims to be innocent?"



The Blue House did not respond much today, but the atmosphere is watching the ruling party discussions.



Representative Lee Nak-yeon mentioned the promotion of the state affairs investigation against Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, then withdrew it, and discussed the adoption of the party argument of the Severe Accident Corporate Punishment Act and handling it within the year.



The former president's amnesty has also been brought out, but it has been squeaking from the beginning against backlash from inside and outside the party.



(Video coverage: Park Jin-ho, video editing: Park Ki-deok)